As we conclude NAIDOC Week for 2022, Mystery Road: Origin brings the former films series to TV series Mystery Road back to its roots.
Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! is the theme this year for NAIDOC Week, which is exactly what Mark Coles Smith as he plays a younger version of Jay Swan. Originally played by Aussie legend Aaron Pedersen, Coles Smith has all the swagger and grit of Pedersen.
The prequel is set in 1999, with some robberies including Ned Kelly masks being used by the robbers with some other stories also bubbling along the six episode run.
For the late 90's it's a very diverse West Australian police office featuring some familiar faces. Lead by Sergeant Peter Lovric (Steve Bisley), Senior Constable Max Armine (Hayley McElhinney) and Constable Cindy Cheng (Grace Chow). McElhinney is Rhonda's sister. Well actually Mandy from Love Child along with oh so many other Australian series and AAMI commericals.
Enough on that. The cast is amazing, the scenery is spectacular while the six long(ish) episodes all flow well into one another. ABC have put all six episodes up to binge immediately. Which was good for me, as once I started that was it. I was in for the long haul. Well just under six hours.
I would expect another follow up of Mystery Road stories to come, with this being a fresh take on WA based crime series. Everything about this series looked top notch, like HBO quality. You can tell there has been some serious hard work put into this series.
Australian drama doesn't get much better than this, it also helps it has a familiar lead character. We know his future, however Swan's origin story is equally as interesting.
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