Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Review: Untamed

The DrsC recently finished binge watching the mini-series Untamed streaming on Netflix. It stars Eric Bana, and Sam Neill. It is a cop show with a difference, Bana plays a criminal investigator for the National Park Service, Sam Neill plays his boss, and the series is set in Yosemite National Park. 

The story is serviceable, the acting is good, there is a scary passage in an old gold mine that is claustrophobic, another featuring rock climbers that's suspenseful as anything, and the scenery is spectacular. You could say the park itself is the star, without exaggerating.

If there is a plot hole, it is that a bunch of homeless free spirits camped out in the backcountry are implied to be there year round, when living rough off the grid in deep snow is damned unlikely. Ignore this and the series is a fun watch that made me want to revisit Yosemite's beauty in person.

Called a "mini-series," it nevertheless could get turned into a recurring series if a second season is funded. The Bana character could move to a new park each season, so many are gorgeous places.