THE UBJ STORIES - A Series That Will Keep You On Edge: The Tourist

HBO’s The Tourist, a thriller show with good dialogues and engaging screenplay, resembles Fargo.

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Starring Jamie Dornan of Fifty Shades of Grey fame as the protagonist, the story focuses on an unknown unnamed man who is driving around a remote location of Australia.

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He stops at a gas station for washroom, talk a bit with the cashier and starts driving again. While driving he notices a high speed truck in his rearview mirror advancing on him, he tries to avoid it but soon realises that the person behind the truck is trying to murder him.

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Unsuccessful in outdriving the truck, he suffers a motor crash and later winds up in a hospital having no recollection of his identity or what happened to him.

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Soon after, a small town cop named Helen Chambers emerges and gets involved with the case of this good looking Caucasian man injured in the hospital.

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Luci and Helen are two important characters in The Tourist. Helen, played by Danielle Macdonald, is a rookie police officer with an awful fiance who taunts her for her weight. Known for her role in Patti Cakes$, Macdonald’s performance sets her apart.

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Written by Williams brothers Jack and Harry, who are known for Fleabag (2016) and The Missing (2014-16), this amazing six-part thriller series not only keeps the viewers making theories but also has the protagonist wonder what is really going on.

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After his role of a creepy capitalist in Fifty Shades of Grey, Jamie Dornan has impressed us with his mature performance and rough looks.

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This is also one of the best works of Dornan’s career as without diving into the cliched style of a lost soul, he portrayed the role of the protagonist who is on a quest to uncover whether he is a good or bad person with much sincerity.

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