Opens with Sam, a husband and father on a solo and sorrowful excursion in the middle of nowhere England memorializing what appears to be a dead child by throwing a small t-shirt into a stream, soon after he comes across a couple of kids playing in the woods - except they're not playing; one nearly dies in what seems like a freakish suicide attempt before Sam intervenes. He drives the recovering teenager home, to her small community on the island of Osea. There, things start to get weird, really weird. I've only seen the first episode and it's intriguing and super creepy. Jude Law is his charming, if not cowardly, self and he does a good job giving Sam an air of anxiety and desperation that starts to build a foreboding sense of doom. The villagers of Osea are a motley assortment, some are friendly most are weirdos. As the story unfolds the spirit of the island and Sam's destiny within it seem to conspire against his ability in ever leaving. If it were me in Sam's shoes, I'd be stealing a boat and getting the hell out of Osea pronto. It's going to be interesting to see where this creep-fest goes.
Review of The Third Day
The Third Day
(2020)
Creepy, mysterious with potent atmospherics
15 September 2020
Warning: Spoilers