The Australian Outback is another world..lonely, desolate and mind-numbing.

So when a sophisticated Irishman wakes up with no memory of who he is or his past, the endless expanse ironically imprisons him together with the locals who are either naive and innocent or who know more about his past.

Even the secondary characters highlight what living and working in such remote isolation can do to the human psyche..it's hard not to go crazy from nothing to do and nothing to see.

The landscape itself is a key character...passive and active at the same time.

But it has all the ingredients of an Australian mystery..dark, raw, and the right dose of dry humour.

"The Tourist" has a very "Fargo" feel to it, set in the vast open fields of Australia which makes it the more fascinating. Starting out with action and a mystery, this short series has enough eclectic elements to keep you captivated. First, there is a mysterious guy, followed by a very sympathetic "cop," delightfully played by Danielle Macdonald. This actress is the biggest revelation here. Danielle portrays the character with so much heart that every scene with her character Helen just shines. More quirky characters are introduced, notably the American cowboy played by an Icelandic actor, the detective, and the cop trainee. The plot does get convoluted but loose ends are still tightened up so you don't lose your grip. The cinematography, camera work, and editing do justice to the sweeping Australian Outback beauty. Best of all, there is some snide dark humor that's quite enjoyable from characters that you least expect to be funny in real life.

Everyone's giving Danielle Macdonald rave reviews, which she deserves, playing with a sweet naivety. But, to me, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson steals every scene he's in. He's low key, ominous and creepy at the same time.

I can't say that that this series is great, but it's worth the time devoted to the series and it keeps you interested through the series set. Not all series are worth the investment, but this one is. A man get amnesia and people are trying to kill him and he does not know why. The audience learns who he is in real time with him. It's a collage of a few different movies, but it's well done.

I've noticed that The Tourist has been on Netflix's Top 10 since it came out earlier this year. The first season originally came out in the U. K. in 2022 where it was the most watched show of the year there too. I finally got around to watching it and have to say I really enjoyed it. It does start a little slow in the first episode so you might feel like giving up but don't, stick with it because it's worth it. It really picks up about midway through the second episode. All the actors give really good performances, especially Jamie Dornan. They really pull you into their world to the point where you really start to care about their characters and what happens to them. I really couldn't wait to find out more and more about Dornan's identity.

I found that The Tourist is even more entertaining than people were saying it was. The Tourists follows an unnamed man (Jaime Dornan) who loses his memory after a car accident. We literally know nothing about him or the story. He wakes up in a hospital with no memory of who he was or what he did. All he has is a note to go to a diner at a specific time but as soon as he leaves the hospital there are people trying to kill him. From there he needs to find out who he is and what he did for people to want to kill him before it's too late. Jaime Dornan looks like he's on the verge of becoming a pretty big star. There are only two seasons at only six episodes apiece so it's an easy binge.

A man (Jamie Dornan) is run off the road by a tanker truck in the Australian outback. He wakes up in the hospital with full blown amnesia. He doesn't even know his name. New cop Helen Chambers (Danielle Macdonald) doggedly investigates.

Jamie Dornan may be the big name of this series, but it's Danielle Macdonald that I find more compelling. She has a great sweetness to her acting. She's basically the cop in Fargo except not pregnant. This show does try to do some comedy mostly through characters like Ethan. It is not my favorite aspect of the show. This lasted two seasons with specific stories for each.

This series checks all the boxes. It's funny, the plot is exciting, intriguing, and well written. It was heart warming, wonderfully well written, set in beautiful locations and the actors are all extraordinary. I could not stop watching it once I had started. I was hooked from the beginning. Not wanting to watch it straight through because, I had chores I needed to do, I paused it continuously. The characters are superbly well rounded and brought to life with a most compellingly and believable acting cast. It was delightfully surprising, well crafted and the plot exciting at every turn. I hold heartedly recommend it for the whole family except the very young.

An Australian set and shot thriller from the Williams brothers, (Liar, The Missing, Baptiste etc.) with the excellent Jamie Dornan.

Feels like they've taken the first series of Fargo and rewritten it in the Outback, which is fine by me as I loved Fargo. Production values are excellent and its well made all round and very smartly written.

I loved the attention to detail with the minor characters and their quirks and back stories, the inclusion of Iceland's best known actor Ólafur Darri as a mysterious pursuer is one of many imaginative supporting cast decisions.

There's much to like here for patient viewers looking for something smart and a bit different. A definite winner. I stayed till the end and it had a satisfying pay-off that I didn't see coming.

Right Proper Drama, written by professionals and enacted by Masters.

In some places.... SO SIMPLE....but with a backstory so complicated, it sucks you in and keeps you guessing.

Ironically Hollywood figured out a formula for just enough drama, just enough attention, just enough predictability mixed with surprise....in a ratio....that average pulp fiction gets churned out daily.

This is different.

This is.... ART.

Proper Communication and Delivery is INSANELY hard.

Most TV and Movies are just trash.....the Tourist delivers excellence on many many fronts.

There are scenes that deliver impact WITHOUT words....

that's not easy to do. That's art.

Helen is strong and intelligent in the first season. I thought she was amazing in how she handled situation

In the second season she is incredibly stupid. Annoyingly stupid. First she is giggling the whole time. Then, apparently, she forgets how it was being a police officer. Not understanding the situation she is in, being extremely naive.

Such a disappointment, such terrible writing. In stead of having weird personalities in the show, the writers should have written her better.

Watching episode 2 and I'm so annoyed by her behaviour.

Elliott is fine thank goodness, liking the Ireland bit.

Season 1 was good. Season 2 is stupid. Show's good, entertaining but flawed. I think the character of Helen was hugely miscast. Danielle Macdonald was tolerable in season 1 but she spoiled season 2. She's just not that strong of an actress. She's irritating and she can't deliver the dialogue effectively given to her. She can't show any expression beyond an "I'm constipated" look. I know it's meant to have a comedic tone but there are too many unlikely scenarios which occur. Season 2 is hugely muddled and confused. It's a shame because it's a good premise and Season 1 was flawed but enjoyable. Season 2 spoiled it.

Series 1 is absolutely brilliant and expect the unexpected. Really well thought of and tight plot. Series 2 is the opposite and a great disappointment. The annoying character from series 1 is 100x more annoying and the main ones seems to have lost their true identity (pun intended) and their wit. They do things they would never have done in series 1 and it gets frustrating at some point. Helen is definitely not the same character as in the first series, she's annoying and disregards the Irish community and behaves as if she is still in outback Australia and all places are her playground and going rogue on her own.

I avoided watching this because i felt i had bigger expectations for it than deserved but it proved me wrong. The Tourist is the story of man trying to rediscover who he is after losing all of his memories due to a car crash. It is well executed, you get invested and root for the good of the main character even if it seems disaster follows him for a reason.

You get to know pieces of every character's stories trying to understand how everything fits together and the humor is great, it is almost as if the absurd was another character playing a crucial part in the story.

The scenes felt complete you truly dive into these remote places and the people living there. There are things/characters to hate which is an accomplishment on its own as it gives a more realistic experience despite the obviously fictional.

It's a short and fairly simple story that truly manages to do exactly what you would expect in terms of quality, the acting is also perfect for the story and very well done. If you are a binge watcher it is the perfect sunday evening mini series to enjoy.

I loved the first season. Funny, witty and intriguing, with some well written and acted characters. The relationship between The Man and Helen was warm and believable. So I was very happy for a second series to come along. I didn't mind the first 2-3 episodes as such, although( I suspect the change of location was hiding the fact that it had actually gone downhill) Then it just fell off a cliff (no pun intended!) There is zero chemistry between the leads in the 2nd series and the situations get more and more ridiculous and follow increasingly bad choices. I only kept going because I'd enjoyed S1 so much. The final minutes of the final episode were excruciatingly bad. I hope it doesn't come back again.

I didn't know what to expect with this series so I decided to watch season one and I'm so glad I did. It was surprisingly better than expected. I love the lead actor , Jamie Dornan. It starts off with a truck running him off the road and wakes up with amnesia. The story goes in there, trying to figure out who's trying to kill him and why. He meets up with the police woman, Danielle McDonald, and she tries to help him find out who he is.

The second season is a little less violent. It definitely has much more comedy. I really enjoyed Helen's ex-boyfriend. It put a lot of humor into the series. There are a lot of twist and turns throughout both seasons, and they're only six episodes each. It does leave an opening for another season, which I will definitely be watching.

There's not much on lately, and this was surprisingly one of the better shows. Give it a shot because it starts out a little slow, but it will pick up and you will want more and more.

Started out really good and looked to be an exciting story but then pace slowed and I couldn't tell whether it's meant to be serious drama or a dark comedy and not particularly good at either, anyway give it a watch if nothing better to do but don't expect to be blown away.

It's unique, it's got serious sense of drama and awesome storytelling going on. Twists are definitely juicy and unexpectedly balanced at the same time. Acting doesn't feel too much like acting; something which both of the actors for the lead characters do really good work with. Other characters are also really nicely written and the casting for the actors is bulletproof.

For these reasons, this is simply so much more than 95% of the other tv-series can offer and 10/10 is worth it even without being "just a statement" of how this show has so bad ratings. Makes me feel bad and think people must be blind and numb by the waste they are flooding their eyes with.

A six part series from australia. A man is run off the road by an eighteen wheeler, in the outback of australia. When he wakes up in the hospital, he realizes he has no memory of what happened. And apparently, someone is still out to get him. And all he has to go on are some photos in a camera that may or may not even belong to him! When he does figure out who he is, he wishes he hadn't. More and more details of his past are starting to come to light. It's a good story! Suspense and drama, once things get going in episodes two and three. As of today, one season is available on hbomax, but there are plans for a second season, according to wikipedia dot org. Let's hope that everything is answered before it disappears, like "cybill". Good performances, good, solid story. Some rough language and violence. Some blood and guts. Accents that come and go. Directed by daniel nettheim, chris sweeney. Story by jack and harry williams.

UPDATE after watching Season 2: I loved Season 1. Season 2 is just plain awful. Somebody needs to be fired.

I was absolutely loving this mini series. The first five episodes were brilliant and this was easily headed for a 10. The final episode was a bit choppy though and knocked it down from perfection but it did manage to finish strong.

To start, Jamie Dornan is such a powerful screen presence and gave such a strong performance. It was a pleasure watching him throughout. Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, amazing! He stole every scene. I just looked at his past credits and will certainly be watching some of his previous work. Woooo, I just saw that he was Bing Partridge in NOS4A2. I didn't remember him from that. He was a standout there and certainly here as well.

Another standout was Damon Herriman. I did remember him from his past work. Dewey Crowe in Justified and Charles Manson in Mindhunter were just a few of past roles where he crushed it, especially Dewey. I wish they would bring Justified back.

Other supporting cast did their jobs as well but a special mention to the actors who played the various locals, pretty much all of them. In particular, the helicopter rentals guys and Rhonda Doyle (Constable Carter), hilarious. These were all captivating performances that kept a smile on my face and really pushed this rating up so high.

This is a very special TV mini series that is not only worth the watch but should be saved and then savored for when you want to be thoroughly entertained.

Ok as an Australian I am slightly embarrassed for international people to watch this as it isn't a true representation of Australia or Australians. But I'm hoping everyone realised this.

Apart from that, one of the main characters was quite annoying but everyone else was good and the acting was great. I laughed a fair bit and I enjoyed the more gory scenes too.

It's an easy watch, becomes very silly but it's a dark comedy so I'm not going to take the plot too seriously. I just wish the characters would have a shower once in awhile... All in all I'd give it a 6/10 and will probably watch season two if there is one.

All that and more. It turns out the in the hands of talented writers, directors, cinematographers and actors who know what they're doing, amnesia and mayhem can be funny and disturbing at the same time. Who knew? It works as a travelogue as well with some great shots of the outback of Australia and vistas of Ireland I've not seen the like of. You'll be amused and chilled by offbeat characters well fleshed out by a cast of talented actors who are familiar for their work in other well received projects and some I've not seen before but expect to see more of in future. Give it a couple of episodes to establish the rather complex story line. Check it out, you won't be disappointed.