modmove » The Dry http://modmove.com Australian Entertainment and Popular Culture in Review Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:57:20 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.4 Eric Bana in Force of Nature – first look to the sequel to The Dry http://modmove.com/news/eric-bana-in-force-of-nature-first-look-to-the-sequel-to-the-dry/ http://modmove.com/news/eric-bana-in-force-of-nature-first-look-to-the-sequel-to-the-dry/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2022 05:42:59 +0000 http://modmove.com/?p=13952 Actor, Eric Bana and Director, Robert Connolly, have reunited for Force of Nature, the sequel to the 2021 Australian box office hit The Dry. The film is based on the bestselling series by Jane Harper and sees Bana reprise his character, Aaron Falk.

Bana will be joined by cast members Anna Torv (Mindhunter) as Alice Russell, Deborra-lee Furness (Jindabyne) as Jill Bailey, Robin McLeavy (Homeland) as Lauren, Sisi Stringer (Mortal Kombat) as Beth, Lucy Ansell (Utopia) as Bree and Jacqueline McKenzie (Romper Stomper) as Federal Agent Carmen Cooper.

Jeremy Lindsay-Taylor is back in the role of Erik Falk, alongside Richard Roxburgh as Daniel Bailey, Tony Briggs as Ian Chase and Kenneth Radley as Sergeant King.

 

 

Produced by Bruna Papandrea, Jodi Matterson and Steve Hutensky of Made Up Stories, alongside Eric Bana for Pick Up Truck Pictures and Robert Connolly for Arenamedia. Ricci Swart, Meryl Metni, Andrew Myer, Robert Patterson, Andrew Bassat, Joanna Baevski, Hayley Baillie, James Baillie, and Roadshow Films’ Joel Pearlman and Edwina Waddy are executive producing.

In Force of Nature, when five women take part in a corporate hiking retreat and only four come out on the other side, Federal Agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head deep into the Victorian mountain ranges to investigate in the hopes of finding their whistle-blowing informant, Alice Russell, alive.

Released in 2021, The Dry became on of the top highest grossing Australian films of all time, taking in over $20 million at the box office.

Force of Nature received major production investment from Screen Australia in association with VicScreen.

Force of Nature will be in Australian cinemas in 2023.
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]]> http://modmove.com/news/eric-bana-in-force-of-nature-first-look-to-the-sequel-to-the-dry/feed/ 0 The Dry Movie Review http://modmove.com/movies/the-dry-movie-review/ http://modmove.com/movies/the-dry-movie-review/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2021 16:48:50 +0000 http://modmove.com/?p=11516 Based on the debut novel of the same name by Australian writer Jane Harper, The Dry is a marvel of restraint. It pares back almost all extraneous elements without losing sight of the story or the interest of the audience. It is a whodunnit but one delivered with such a sure touch, you stay riveted until the very last scene. One that adds a dark touch to the entire work.

Federal policeman, Aaron Falk (Eric Bana) returns to his home town after decades away and gets drawn into a murder mystery involving a group of people that he grew up with. His return is not a welcome one and this sheds a light on the somewhat backward ways of the small rural Victorian town. Falk’s sudden departure all those years ago left many unanswered questions.

 

 

Throughout the film, those riddles are answered. Staying way clear of clunker clues that would invalidate the proceedings, the script is taut and gives information in clever and believable ways. It rewards those paying attention but doesn’t require so much diligence that you lose touch with its inherent beauty. The casting and their actions are also on point

The film looks magnificent and the early establishing shots let you know in no uncertain terms that this is an isolated town and one that has seen better days. The drought has almost brought the town and its inhabitants to their knees but they are built of durable stock and this strength plays into the story. It’s accomplished works like this that should help to bring the public back to the cinema and judging from the almost full house on the session we went to, it is already working its charms.

Rob Hudson
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]]> http://modmove.com/movies/the-dry-movie-review/feed/ 0 Watch the trailer for The Dry – in Aussie cinemas New Years Day! http://modmove.com/news/watch-the-trailer-for-the-dry-in-aussie-cinemas-new-years-day/ http://modmove.com/news/watch-the-trailer-for-the-dry-in-aussie-cinemas-new-years-day/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2020 16:32:33 +0000 http://modmove.com/?p=11334 Federal Agent Aaron Falk returns to his home town after an absence of over twenty years to attend the funeral of his childhood friend, Luke, who allegedly killed his wife and child before taking his own life – a victim of the madness that has ravaged this community after more than a decade of drought.

When Falk reluctantly agrees to stay and investigate the crime, he opens up an old wound – the death of 17-year-old Ellie Deacon. Falk begins to suspect these two crimes, separated by decades, are connected. As he struggles to prove not only Luke’s innocence but also his own, Falk finds himself pitted against the prejudice towards him and pent-up rage of a terrified community.

 

 

The Dry is directed by Robert Connolly and stars Eric Bana, Genevieve O’Reilly, Keir O’Donnell, John Polson, Julia Blake, Bruce Spence, Matt Nable, William Zappa, James Frecheville, Joe Klocek, Claude Scott-Mitchell, Sam Corlett, BeBe Bettencourt and Miranda Tapsell.

The Dry releases in Australia in cinemas on January 1, 2021.
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