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Metro
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
'Best crime thriller of 2025' tops Netflix charts with nearly 25,000,000 views
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page A new smash Netflix series has dominated the global charts after fans binged it 'in one sitting'. Untamed was released on July 17, with Eric Bana leading an all-star cast alongside Sam Neill, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lily Santiago, Wilson Bethel and William Smillie. The six-part drama follows Kyle Turner (Eric), a special agent for the National Parks Service, as he takes on an investigation into a brutal death. However, the incident sends him 'on a collision course with the dark secrets within the park, and in his own past'. Many made their way through the episodes at warp speed, and have urged bosses to get started on a second season immediately. Get personalised updates on all things Netflix Wake up to find news on your TV shows in your inbox every morning with Metro's TV Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your show in the link we'll send you so we can get TV news tailored to you. Unsurprisingly, it has topped the global charts on Netflix with 24.6million views, and 119.5m hours watched, over the last seven days alone. Eric Bana led the way in new drama Untamed on Netflix (Picture: Netflix) He was joined in the cast by a string of huge names, including Lily Santiago (Picture: Netflix) Untamed trounced competition from Amy Bradley is Missing, the Sandman, 7 Bears and RAW to claim the top spot. The Waterfront, Ms Rachel, Too Much and the first two seasons of Sullivan's Crossing make up the rest of the list. The show currently claims a Rotten Tomatoes score of 71% from the audience, compared to a 78% ranking from impressed critics – Metro branded it the best crime thriller of 2025 in a glowing five star review.. Heaping praise on Untamed, Linda R commented: 'Fast paced with startling turns of event. Well cast with believable portrayals of individual characters while still maintaining a 'Hollywood pretty' aesthetic. Yosemite is stunning. The series has topped Netflix charts around the world (Picture: Netflix) Critics and fans alike have branded it 'fantastic' (Picture: Netflix) 'I hope there's another season; get your friends and family to watch. It will be time well spent!' 'This was a wild ride, and I was immediately drawn into it from episode one to an unexpected streaming binge that I am so glad I decided to dive in and go with flow on,' Sai M said. 'This is a fantastic series with great actors and a compelling storyline paired with breathtaking scenery, and shockingly unexpected twists and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat the whole time!' 'Pretty good miniseries. Binged in one sitting,' John M commended. As Chief M added: 'This isn't super original, but it's a really decent mystery. The story is pretty tight and logical. Good solid acting and the scenery is gorgeous. The first scene of the show had my pulse racing.' Could we possibly get a second season? (Picture: Netflix) Although there is currently no news on whether Untamed will be returning to our screens for a second season, the numbers are definitely looking positive for Eric and the gang. Shedding light on what more episodes could possibly involve, co-showrunner Elle Smith told TV Insider: 'If we got the opportunity to do it again, it would be getting to explore a different park, a different case. 'We would do this forever if they let us, but we'll see. We'll see how many adventures Turner has left in him.' Untamed is available to stream on Netflix now. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. Arrow MORE: Surfer 'pulled Malcolm-Jamal Warner's daughter to safety' as star drowned Arrow MORE: South Park fans convinced Donald Trump will cancel series over 'teeny tiny' manhood Arrow MORE: British ITV drama 'that made TV history' storms Netflix top 10 chart
New York Times
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
‘Untamed' Review: A National Park Procedural From Netflix
In the category of 'Shows That Play Differently Under the Current Administration,' this week brings 'Untamed,' a new Netflix mystery mini-series set in Yosemite National Park. On one hand, you can't help wondering whether all those rangers would have time to investigate a mysterious death on the face of El Capitan when the National Park Service has lost nearly 25 percent of its permanent staff since President Trump took office again. Aren't there restrooms that need cleaning? On the other, hiring rangers who look like Eric Bana and Lily Santiago — who play the primary investigators of that mysterious death — might be explained as part of the recent 'Make America Beautiful Again' executive order. Bana, 20 years along from his action-star heyday (when he appeared successively in 'Hulk,' 'Troy' and 'Munich'), plays Kyle Turner, who is not just any ranger. He's an agent of the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch, so he's sort of a federal cousin to the naval investigators at 'NCIS.' Maybe CBS would have gone ahead and called the show 'NPSISB,' but Netflix, cautious by nature, has gone with 'Untamed.' The title refers both to the landscape — mountainous British Columbia locations stand in for California — and to Turner, a laconic loner with a tragic back story and an entire Douglas fir's worth of chips on his shoulder. Even his horse thinks he's too intense. With Bana playing a modern lawman hemmed in by bureaucracy and fueled by guilt and resentment, 'Untamed' sits between neo-frontier soap opera (like 'Yellowstone') and neo-western crime drama (like 'Dark Winds' or the late, lamented 'Longmire'). Mark L. Smith, who created the show with his daughter Elle Smith, has experience in this region of the American imagination, having played up the brutal aspects of the western mythos as a co-writer of 'The Revenant' and creator of an earlier Netflix mini-series, 'American Primeval.' Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Times
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Untamed review — Eric Bana delivers shocks and originality
If you like your TV series to start with a bang and to cause a severe drop to your stomach then Untamed certainly delivers on that score. Spoilers ahead. The first three minutes of Netflix's new thriller, set in Yosemite National Park and starring Eric Bana, Sam Neill and Lily Santiago, is one of the most visually dramatic openings to a drama that I've seen in some time. Two climbers are attempting, perilously, to scale the side of El Capitan, a 3000ft high granite monolith in Yosemite Valley, in scenes that will be challenging for those of you with vertigo. They slip, stumble and dangle but that's nothing compared to what comes next. Suddenly from the summit falls a young woman, crashing violently against the jagged stone face, until she stops, tangled in their safety ropes, and hangs there, swinging grotesquely and dead.
Geek Girl Authority
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Girl Authority
Lily Santiago Talks About Her UNTAMED Character and Filming on Location
Lily Santiago stars alongside Eric Bana, Sam Neill and Rosemarie DeWitt on Netflix's newest series, Untamed . The show follows Kyle Turner (Bana), working as a National Park Service agent, who is investigating the death of a young girl. As he begins looking into this death and working alongside Naya Vasquez (Santiago), he discovers there is more to the death than an accidental fall. Santiago's character is a rookie in the National Park Service, but comes with a heavy background story that is set in LA. As a young mother, she does everything in her power to protect her son while simultaneously working a case that might change her career forever. I recently had the opportunity to chat with Lily Santiago about her work on Untamed , working on location and her cute toddler co-star. RELATED: New TV Shows This Week (July 13 – 19) This interview with Lily Santiago has been condensed for length and clarity. Lily Santiago Pictured: Lily Santiago and Eric Bana in Netflix's Untamed Lara Rosales: It's very exciting to see you again on screen. Last time we talked, you were on La Brea, and that was also a show where characters spend a lot of time outside. This time, the characters are in a National Park, and nature is an adjacent character to everything happening. How do you, as an actor, prepare or approach a project that spends so much time outdoors, and your character has to be part of that nature? Lily Santiago: It's so funny. For some reason, I don't want to be indoors. I'm constantly filming outside. We're on location a lot for this project. First of all, all the locations I've been able to film for La Brea and now for Untamed are just stunningly beautiful. For episode one or two, the director, Tom Bezucha, said he wanted the characters to take it all in and acknowledge the beauty. We both agreed that it shouldn't be too hard. Luckily, my character, Naya, she's new to the park. She's from LA, and I, as Lily, come from New York, and so the character and I were both getting used to the wilderness at the same time. It was really convenient because I actually didn't have to do much preparation for any of the outdoor adventuring we do. And I love that you say that nature is like an adjacent character, because people keep asking, 'Who's untamed?' And I'm like, 'Nature is untamed. That's what the title is about.' RELATED: Everything Coming to Netflix in July 2025 Newcomer LR: Your character comes from LA into this wild world. Is there anything in particular about how you play her that gives away her background or helps the character better understand how she got into this situation before her story is revealed? LS: Initially, she has a couple of conversations with the captain, Paul Souter, played by the incredible Sam Neill, and he's like, 'How are you settling in? How's the kid, how's it all going?' That's one of the places where you can see it. In another way, it's her initial discomfort with all the aspects of nature, the animals, and the fact that Eric's character, Kyle, rides horses. Even the first time you see Naya on a horse, there's this stiffness, this fear, and this discomfort. Also, how she approaches the investigation itself is much more coming from an LA city cop perspective of, 'Well, this is the procedure and this is how we should take our next steps.' And she has to learn the new ways she can navigate things in the wild. Riding Horses in the Wild Pictured: Eric Bana and Lily Santiago in Netflix's Untamed LR: In the first episode, we immediately see you having to ride a horse. Was that also something you prepared for? Is it easier to approach it from the aspect that your character is coming from the city into a new world? LS: We had the most incredible horse team. We have the best horse trainers and horses that exist in the film world. They luckily got me out there to ride the horses a couple of times before we started filming, so that I could be comfortable and then act out the further discomfort. But I'm such an animal lover that on day one with the horses, I found it fun, and I was so happy. It was funny because Danny was in charge, as it's his horses and his show. He told me not to try to get it perfect. If my character came in looking like she knew what she was doing, then we were screwed. It just luckily lined up for me where it was, and I've always wanted somebody to hire me to learn a new skill. This is the best new skill to have now. RELATED: Chiké Okonkwo Talks About Ty's Journey on La Brea Continuing the Character LR: Sometimes, as the audience, we watch a character, and we know it's a limited series, and that's all we get out of the character. But do you think Naya's character is one that you would love to continue exploring beyond Season 1 and what we get to see of her? LS: I think of all the characters — and yes, I am biased — she has the biggest arc in this series. As we've been discussing, [it's] because of how much she has to adapt to her new environment and her new surroundings. That was so fun to play over the course of this first season. So, I think in a Season 2, you could see her finally settling in and accepting a newfound power. Also, her new abilities to navigate these things and analyze them differently based on what she's learned about where she is, who she is, and what she's capable of. Working With Omi Fitzpatrick-Gonzales Pictured: Lily Santiago in Netflix's Untamed LR: Your character is a mom, so we see her toddler onscreen. How was it working with a toddler? Do you prepare for that differently from when you work with adults? LS: People always say, 'Don't work with animals or babies.' I did both, but it was honestly one of the greatest gifts of this whole process. I was a nanny before for a couple of years at the start of COVID. So, I'm really comfortable with children, and I love them. Then, I met Omi, who plays my son, and he had just turned five, so he's basically four, and he'd never acted before. There were scenes that we would do one time. My character says, 'Go pick a book,' and he looked at me and he said, 'For real?' because his reality was starting to blur. 'Wait, Lily, are you going to read a book with me? Are you lying to me?' It was adorable. We had so much fun. And I think his nature and the childlike sense of excitement made it so easy for us to bond. RELATED: Zyra Gorecki Talks La Brea and Her First Major Acting Role Starting Something New LR: Something you just mentioned — him having this excitement. Is it just as exciting for you when you start a new project, and you have a different cast? You spent so many years working with the same people on La Brea , so is there an excitement in starting over with something new? LS: It makes me revert to feeling like a child on the first day of school, [those] nerves and excitement and wanting to do a good job and wanting to make friends. And I was so lucky with this group of people that it was all possible very quickly to feel comfortable, to feel capable. We had the absolute best time. But also, we dug so deep, so quickly. I don't know if I've ever been more excited for a show to come out. LR: Without giving too much away, is there something you're most excited for people to discover about this series, whether about your character or the show as a whole? LS: Watching Naya and Kyle together, their dynamic. It was like, 'Come on!' Just in the reading, it [was] like, 'You guys could be a great team.' So, I'm excited for people to watch how their relationship develops and goes from this awkward 'don't want to work together' to partners-in-crime. Untamed premieres Thursday, July 17, on Netflix. On Location: The Original Mr. Beef on FX's THE BEAR By day, Lara Rosales (she/her) is a solo mom by choice and a bilingual writer with a BA in Latin-American Literature known as a Media Relations Expert. By night, she is a TV enjoyer who used to host a podcast (Cats, Milfs & Lesbian Things). You can find her work published on Tell-Tale TV, Eulalie Magazine, W Spotlight, Collider, USA Wire, Mentors Collective, Instelite, Noodle, Dear Movies, Nicki Swift, and Flip Screened.
