Mystery Road Origin DVD   Acorn

It’s 1999, and freshly minted detective Jay Swan (Mark Coles Smith, Picnic at Hanging Rock) arrives in a dusty Outback town. Although he’s the new copper on the beat, he grew up nearby, and his estranged family still lives here—as does the woman who will change his life forever, Mary (Tuuli Narkle). Before Jay can even report for duty, he finds himself in the middle of an armed holdup, one of a series being perpetrated by a masked gang. The heists seem to be random: a cattle truck is stolen, a popular pub held up, a prominent family’s home burgled. Suspicion falls on a local company with petty crime connections, but the motive is murky. Meanwhile, legal aid lawyer Anousha (Salme Geransar, Clickbait) stumbles onto the cold case of Mary’s foster brother, murdered seven years earlier. As the investigations converge, Jay faces a tragic death, a burgeoning love, and the brutal reality of being a police officer straddling two worlds. Steve Bisley (Mad Max), Hayley McElhinney (The Heart Guy), Kelton Pell (The Gods of Wheat Street), and Daniel Henshall (The Babadook) also star.