Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- tense
- foreboding
- rain soaked
- rainy night
- crime thriller marathon
What critics said
Critics found the sequel generally absorbing and an effective continuation for fans of the first film, while noting uneven pacing and a convoluted mystery.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The investigation takes Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper into remote wet bushland where the retreat participants become cut off from outside help.
Four women return from the hiking retreat while the fifth is missing, driving the federal agents' search.
Aaron Falk returns as the lead Australian Federal Police detective while searching for an informant under intense physical and psychological pressure.
The retreat's surviving women and associated figures hold pieces of the mystery, encouraging competing interpretations of what happened in the mountains.
Films like Force of Nature: The Dry 2, and why
The Dry
Australian crime investigation, rural isolation, and an emotionally burdened detective pursuing an elusive truth
The River Wild
female-centered wilderness mystery combining survival tension with fractured relationships and hidden secrets
Wind River
rain-soaked rural crime thriller built around an investigation, local secrets, and an oppressive landscape
A Simple Favor
ensemble mystery in which a disappearance exposes interpersonal betrayal and competing accounts of events
Movie Details
- Director
- Robert Connolly
- Release Date
- 2024-02-08
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (296)
Cast
- Eric Bana
- Anna Torv
- Deborra-Lee Furness
- Robin McLeavy
- Sisi Stringer
- Lucy Ansell
- Jacqueline McKenzie
- Jeremy Lindsay Taylor
- Richard Roxburgh
- Tony Briggs
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Hulu, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Force of Nature: The Dry 2 about?
- A federal detective enters stormy Victorian bushland to find a missing informant after a five-woman hiking retreat fractures into four survivors and a maze of secrets.
- What is Force of Nature: The Dry 2 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Force of Nature: The Dry 2 as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Force of Nature: The Dry 2 violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Force of Nature: The Dry 2 as moderate.
- What did critics think of Force of Nature: The Dry 2?
- Critics found the sequel generally absorbing and an effective continuation for fans of the first film, while noting uneven pacing and a convoluted mystery.
- Which films are like Force of Nature: The Dry 2?
- Films with a similar feel include The Dry, The River Wild, Wind River, and A Simple Favor.
- How long is Force of Nature: The Dry 2?
- Force of Nature: The Dry 2 runs 112 minutes.
- Where can I watch Force of Nature: The Dry 2?
- In United States, Force of Nature: The Dry 2 streams on Hulu, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now.
