The Dry Review: A Meticulously Crafted Slow Burn Murder Mystery
The Dry Review: A Meticulously Crafted Slow Burn Murder Mystery
A federal agent (Eric Bana) investigates a series of murders in a drought-stricken Australian town in The Dry.
The Dry is a slow burn, meticulously crafted murder mystery set in the scorched landscape of a remote Australian town. Eric Bana delivers a brilliantly nuanced performance as a federal agent tormented by grief and suspicion. Adapted from the bestselling novel by Jane Harper,
The Dry explores two devastating crimes separated by twenty years. Everyone is a suspect as dark secrets are laid bare in a harsh and unforgiving environment.
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How many crimes have been committed before âThe Dryâ begins? One barbarous act we know about for sure: a man named Luke Hadler (Martin Dingle Wall) has been found dead, with a shotgun beside him, outside the town of Kiewarra. (Itâs a fictional place, but the movie, adapted from the novel of the same name by Jane Harper, and directed by Robert Connolly, was filmed in the Australian state of Victoria.) Back at Lukeâs house are the bodies of his wife and son, and it is presumedâfor want of a better theoryâthat he killed them before taking his own life, though he left no note. The only blessing is that his baby daughter was spared. If she were old enough to give evidence, what would she say?