Heat details two families vacationing at one's new home in rural and somewhat isolated Australian outback. Plus, there's a brush fire that builds to to a more rampant forest fire.
Sounds good and intriguing? It begins that way in the first episode. A secret is revealed that is kept silent and potentially is dangerous. Then, more and more, and more secrets are unveiled. Everyone seems to have a secret or knows of a secret. And they keep escalating in terms of the intensity, culminating to a level of absurdity.
And that's what makes this miniseries ultimately fail. Each of the secrets ups the level of betrayal. And the last couple of secrets push the boundaries of that reality, keeping track with implausible elements one after the other. And that just makes this a muddled mess that wants to be dramatic, but barely leaves the real of a soap opera.
Sounds good and intriguing? It begins that way in the first episode. A secret is revealed that is kept silent and potentially is dangerous. Then, more and more, and more secrets are unveiled. Everyone seems to have a secret or knows of a secret. And they keep escalating in terms of the intensity, culminating to a level of absurdity.
And that's what makes this miniseries ultimately fail. Each of the secrets ups the level of betrayal. And the last couple of secrets push the boundaries of that reality, keeping track with implausible elements one after the other. And that just makes this a muddled mess that wants to be dramatic, but barely leaves the real of a soap opera.