Dark Winds Season 2 (2023) Review
Dark Winds Season 2 (2023) Review
With Chee leaving the FBI at the end of the first series, we now find him moonlighting as a PI working a case for the wealthy Rosemary Vines (Jeri Ryan – STAR TREK: VOYAGER, STAR TREK: PICARD). Meanwhile, Leaphorn and his super sharp sergeant, Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten – FRONTIER, TRIBAL), are on the trail of a mysterious blonde man (Nicholas Logan – I CARE A LOT, DOPESICK, WATCHMEN) terrorising the Navajo community.
It isn’t long before Leaphorn and Chee are reunited when their separate cases bring them together in pursuit of the same suspect. They soon find themselves in a much bigger conspiracy involving an age-old cult, selfish rich white folk, supernatural forces and a killer with a dark connection to Leaphorn that rips open old wounds and challenges his moral and professional code. Revenge and destruction loom large and together, the two men must battle the forces of evil that threaten their community while facing up to their own personal demons on the path to salvation…
Lauded as a ‘must watch’ (Screen Anarchy) and an ‘instant classic’ (AV Club), smash hit crime-thriller DARK WINDS returns with its highly anticipated second series that’s set to blow you away, as DARK WINDS SEASON 2 arrives on Blu-ray, DVD and digital courtesy of Acorn Media International, following its transmission on Alibi.
Exec-produced by Hollywood legend Robert Redford and GAMES OF THRONES creator George R. R. Martin and based on Tony Hillerman’s best-selling mystery novels, the new series heralds the return of the Navajo crime-fighting duo, tenacious Lieutenant Joe Leaphron (Zahn McClarnon – FARGO, DOCTOR SLEEP, RESERVATION DOGS) and slick and smart FBI agent turned PI Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon – BLOOD QUANTUM, RESERVATION DOGS, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1), who reunite to battle even darker forces than before.
DARK WINDS SEASON 2 arrives on Blu-ray, DVD and digital on 25 November 2024, courtesy of Acorn Media International. DARK WINDS SEASON 1 & 2 Box set will also be available on Blu-ray and DVD and with a third series in the pipeline, now is the perfect time to discover this enthralling and atmospheric series.
The six-part series continues to showcase Indigenous talent both on and off screen, with powerful storylines delving deeper into the sociological and systemic issues affecting Native Americans in the 1970s, tackling issues around the Vietnam War, white appropriation of Navajo rituals and continuing the important exploration of the forced sterilisation of Native American women introduced in the first series.
As much as I enjoyed SEASON ONE of DARK WIND, it was still a slow burn. It took time to find its footing as it slowly eased characters and situations into the narrative to tell a solid, well acted story that had a hint of the supernatural about it. SEASON TWO is a very different beast and lets you know this with immediate effect opening up with an exciting face-off with guns ablazing in the dead of night, and the explosive edge-of-the-seat drama does not let up its breakneck pace for the whole six episodes.
The villain has an almost TERMINATOR-like quality to him and his attack on a hospital mirrors Arnie’s own on a police station in the original 1984 classic. There are plenty of twists and the tension never lets up for a second. Bigger and better than its predecessor, SEASON TWO bodes well for the planned SEASON THREE and I for one will be anticipating its release keenly.
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