Unfortunately, 'Force of Nature: The Dry 2,' based on the second book in Harper's 'Aaron Falk' series, also directed by Connolly, doesn't grasp its own complexities and fails to connect with its own story.
The film is well-made and well-acted, but it merely suggests depth rather than actually having it. The premise has a lot of potential.
The most obvious reference point is another Australian film, Peter Weir's 'Picnic at Hanging Rock,' where two girls and their teacher disappear during a picnic, leaving no traces behind.
'Death by landscape' is a good way to describe these narratives, where the surroundings are so evocative, either visually or poetically and symbolically, that they swallow people whole.
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