Wolf Creek (TV Series) Wolf Creek (2016) User Reviews

Something tells me your paths have crossed before?

[kelboy10 · 6/10 · 25 July 2023]

Yes they have all to conveniently for my liking too. Overall the first series starts off very compellingly, even so though it becomes rather coincidental most of the time given the grand scale of Australia. How do these characters randomly keep bumping into each other. This finale ends with the dog being found by a character that was adamant Eve would need to toughen herself up even though she appeared pretty stone faced take no crap from anybody in the first place. Little time did she spend feeling sorry for herself or traumatised.

The strength of this finale is within the back story as to why Mick Taylor is a psychopath in the first place, although sometimes it's more intriguing to never find out. Often the scariest of characters just are and nobody knows why they do what they do! The films did this well never revealing to much about Mick, yet in a tv series a lot of depth is required to fill the runtime of six episodes. Tracking down the home of Mick, Eve is able to finally encounter her adversary once in for all. If I'm totally honest this finale is a little forced as well as seeming a disappointment in comparison to the suspense and tension it's been built upon. Where is the problem? I believe it's all too simplistic, usually the tension would be unbearable whilst looking excruciatingly painful as Mick would torture his victims. This seems somewhat lightweight for a finale, often less is more and this time Mick Taylor might've outstayed his welcome.

I'll check out season two but maybe the length in which Wolf Creek has been stretched is missing something fresh.

A fairly strong (if occasionally cliche) finale!

[lewissaddington · 7/10 · 5 January 2021]

Overall, this was a fairly strong finale which, though leaving me with mixed feelings, delivered a generally satisfying conclusion.

Pros:

• Great acting from all three main cast members. Though the writing wasn't always perfect, I was thoroughly convinced by all of their performances and dialogue.
• A focused episode that kept the attention on the main plot without getting sidetracked. No episodes of this show were bad, but a few previous episodes went a tad off track at times. This one certainly didn't!
• The music, pacing, and cinematography created a very tense and nail biting finale. The cat and mouse aspect was entertaining and kept me on the edge of my seat.

Cons:

• Well, there's only one really, but it was a bit too much to ignore; the horror cliche of characters making out-of-character or rather stupid decisions just to drag things out - most obviously, leaving the villain when they aren't sure they're dead/not being certain to finish them off. I do not buy, for one second, that Eve wouldn't make absolutely sure that Mick was dead. This was already my biggest annoyance in the original movie (when Mick is left possibly alive halfway through), and it was frustrating to once again see this horror cliche happen. Leaving the villain alive by not making sure they're well and truly taken out, when the protagonist has the power to undoubtedly finish them off in their hands, just to leave the ending open for further sequels, is frustrating. I don't mind the ending not being a happy one; just don't make it contrived. And if you want to keep the villain alive for future additions to the franchise, don't use this already massively overused trope. It makes the protagonists look stupid, and leaves the viewer frustrated. (I also don't buy for a second that Mick's wounds weren't actually mortal anyway, but I could already see which path they were going down the moment they started to do it.)

As a whole, this finale could have been a 9 (or even a 10) were it not for the usual typical horror writing cliches. Still, it gets a pretty decent rating for all other aspects being strong and convincing. Definitely a show to recommend to horror fans, and it was always compelling from the first episode to the finale.