{"id":40395,"date":"2025-10-28T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=40395"},"modified":"2025-10-27T11:51:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:51:11","slug":"untamed-2025-starring-eric-bana-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=40395","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Untamed&#8221; (2025) starring Eric Bana \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2025\/z102725zview_untamed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"741\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Untamed&#8221; <\/strong><\/em>(2025)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Created by: <strong>Mark L. Smith <\/strong>&amp; E<strong>lle Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Teleplay by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">(eps. 1-6) <strong>Mark L. Smith <\/strong>&amp; E<strong>lle Smith<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Directed by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thomas Bezucha <\/strong><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">(eps. 1-2)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nick Murphy <\/strong><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0(eps. 3-4)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Neasa Hardiman\u00a0<\/strong>(eps. 5-6)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Eric Bana, Sam Neill, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lily Santiago, Wilson Bethel, Josh Randall, Joe Holt, Iris Quinn, Jonathan Whitesell, J.D. Pardo <\/strong>and <strong>Raoul Max Trujillo.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: None.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kyle Turner, a Special Agent for the National Parks Investigative Services Branch is called to look into the death of a woman who fell or was thrown off El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.\u00a0 Turner&#8217;s head is in a bad space.\u00a0 He&#8217;s still dealing with his divorce caused by a tragedy involving his young son.\u00a0 Although good at his job, Turner&#8217;s social skills have suffered since the incident.\u00a0 So his pairing with a rookie on the murder investigation is the last thing he wanted.<\/p>\n<p>Or so he thought.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The clues in the murder lead to the possibility of a serial killer working in Yosemite and an unsolved case that has tormented Turner for years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lily Santiago is excellent in her role as the rookie investigator.\u00a0 J.D. Pardo shows up in a small but impactful part.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kudos to Eric Bana for playing a character who is often a jerk because of how he&#8217;s dealing with a personal tragedy.\u00a0 Most stars would want their character to be more likeable.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed <em>Untamed<\/em> and look forward to season 2.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font); font-size: inherit;\"><em><strong>&#8220;Untamed&#8221; <\/strong><\/em>(2025) earns 4 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2025\/z102725zview_untamed2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Untamed&#8221; (2025) Created by: Mark L. 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