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A six ep short series. The series opens with an Irishman is driving across the Australian outback in a little Yugo-like car, where he is chased (a la Dennis Weaver in Spielberg's Duel), and eventually ends in a horrible crash. Cut to him waking up in the hospital with amnesia. In the subsequent episodes he tries with the help of a low-level police woman figure out who he is and why people are out to kill him (a bit like Memento). One of the folks out to get him is an American cowboy hit man (who reminds me of the bad guy in Raising Arizona).
There was one glaring plot hole around ep 2-3, where the main character overlooked an obvious question, but all in all, it was a pretty good story. Consumable. Extra point for LSD trip.
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Further thoughts and maybe spoilers:
I saw an interview with Jimmy Kimmel and Kimmel likened The Tourist to "Lost". I don't see any similarity between them, save maybe ozzy actors?
They are all caricatures, but the fiancée, Ethan is overdone a bit.
Spoiler - they give two reasons for the Greek: scorpion bite allergy vs asphyxiation due to a dust storm clogging his breathing tube. Which is it?
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05-02-2024, 11:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-02-2024, 11:42 PM by thatguy.)
I totally forgot the story line to season one, and now season two dropped. I went back and watched the end of the first season, but it really didn't ring any bells. Season two opens with the Australian police woman running off with the man with no memory, but they are in love and bouncing around Viet Nam (or was it Cambodia). Somehow, they get a letter that gives him a lead on his past, forgotten life, so they shift gears and head to Ireland, where he immediately gets kidnapped.
Again, only 6 episodes, there's a family feud, bits of humor and twists and turns. Not stellar, not bad. Consumable...
Maybe I'll remember this one longer than the last.
They did use Hocus Pocus by Focus for car chase music, so point for that...
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PS: Season Two is actually on Netflix, not Max
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07-22-2024, 11:57 AM
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Just started season two. I have to say that responding to the letter seems like something no reasonable person would do, but since the whole series is based on amnesia, I guess that's just how it goes.
Entertaining but there are plot holes.
Now on Netflix
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