UNTAMED

Eric Bana stars as Kyle Turner, a gruff lone-wolf federal agent tasked with policing Yosemite National Park. When a young woman named Lucy (Ezra Franky) falls to her death from the summit of El Capitan, injuries on her body suggest foul play. Assisted by new Park Ranger Naya Vasquez (Lily Santiago), Turner is tasked with l investigating her gruesome murder. He has his own demons to battle along the way, namely his alcoholism and the death of his young son. Sam Neill plays his boss, Paul Souter, and both actors put on American accents for their roles – with Bana’s being very unconvincing. The series unfolds slowly, with multiple plot threads woven through its six episodes, making the story convoluted and difficult to follow. In the final half of the last episode, everything is too neatly resolved and conclusions are rushed through. Many of the landscape scenes look artificial and it’s easy to tell which ones were filmed on a sound stage. The herd of deer (and solitary bear) are created using CGI and their unrealistic appearance adds to the lack of visual authenticity. It could’ve been so much better! A decent premise out of the gate, that loses appeal as it progresses.