![]() ![]() The problem with this procedural is that the long-ago story overwhelms the present-day incident-and both wallow in red herrings. As crops fail and neighbors go broke the air is thick with tension, much of it directed at Bana as some people still blame him for a girl’s mysterious death two decades back. He’s not there on official business but the alleged shooter’s parents fully expect him to use his clout to investigate the matter and clear their son’s name.ĭirector Robert Connolly, who also adapted the novel with its author, paints a vivid picture of a tight-knit community that always seems on edge, especially after almost a full year without rain. A gruesome murder/suicide involving a boyhood pal brings him back, but he doesn’t receive a uniformly warm welcome. Based on Jane Harper’s best-selling mystery novel, it stars Eric Bana as Aaron Falk, a federal cop who fled his arid hometown of Kiewarra twenty years ago under something of a cloud. The Dry has been a massive hit in its native Australia but may not find as eager an audience here in the States. ![]()
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