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Dragon Striker
‘Dragon Striker’ is a well-crafted fantasy sports story, but with that premise comes a few issues parents will need to (slide) tackle.
“I didn’t do it.”
How many times has a judge heard that before? About as many times as prison guards, I’ll bet.
But David Burroughs has been insistent on his innocence ever since he began his life sentence at Briggs Penitentiary five years ago.
Everyone thinks David brutally murdered his own son. Even David doesn’t know what truly happened—all he knows is he saw the blood, the body. But he was the only one home, and there was no sign of forced entry. Even his wife (now ex) thought he did it.
But then his sister-in-law, Rachel, shows up, a horrible look on her face. She shows him a photo. It’s a picture one of her friends posted online from their trip to Six Flags.
And in the background of that photo: a boy, about the age of what Matthew would be now, with the same distinct birthmark on his cheek.
David doesn’t know what to think: a coincidence, perhaps? But it’s a seed of hope … which grows into an intense desire to find the truth. Because if Matthew is alive, David will do anything to rescue his son.
Meanwhile, a prison guard, closely monitoring the meeting, sends a text to an unknown number:
“David Burroughs had a visitor.”
Say what you will about Netflix, the streaming service sure caters to those who love crime mystery miniseries.
I’ve reviewed many of them throughout my time with Plugged In. And most are like unraveling a pair of wired headphones—every time you think you’ve disentangled a section, two more knots pop up in its place.
I Will Find You is the latest mystery-book-turned-miniseries to hit the platform, and like its predecessors, it too delivers a complicated, knot-filled puzzle. Though to its credit, at least David has plenty of others willing to investigate alongside him once they realize he may be innocent.
But like most miniseries, viewers will deal with a bit of violence—though I Will Find You is kind enough to not play it up into extremely graphic levels as others do. Nevertheless, heavy crude language is present, including the f-word and many misuses of God’s name (the former of which elevates the series into TV-MA territory).
Perhaps most surprising for this miniseries is I Will Find You’s star-studded cast, with Sam Worthington, Britt Lower, Milo Ventimiglia and Clancy Brown acting in main or prominent roles in the story.
However, even with such a talented cast, viewers may not find those other crime mystery attributes suitable for their homes.
(Editor’s Note: Plugged In is rarely able to watch every episode of a given series for review. As such, there’s always a chance that you might see a problem that we didn’t. If you notice content that you feel should be included in our review, send us an email at letters@pluggedin.com, or contact us via Facebook or Instagram, and be sure to let us know the episode number, title and season so that we can check it out.)
When Rachel shows up with a photo suggesting Matthew may still be alive, David becomes obsessed with pursuing that lead.
We hear snippets of how Matthew was allegedly murdered: Someone claims that David beat the boy to death with a bat so gruesomely that they could not identify the body. We see blood spattering the child’s bed (though no actual body).
We hear of another inmate who killed 11 people. The inmate says these people were strangers who meant nothing to him. Someone else calls him a cannibal.
A man attempts to strangle David, and David beats the man bloody. Later, a guard attempts to stab David, and he punches David in the stomach.
A man references the biblical phrase “flesh of my flesh” from Genesis 2:23.
We hear two instances of the f-word and seven uses of the s-word. “B–ch,” “d–n” and “h—” are used, too. God’s name is paired with “d–n” once. Likewise, Jesus’ name is used in vain three times.
Kennedy Unthank studied journalism at the University of Missouri. He knew he wanted to write for a living when he won a contest for “best fantasy story” while in the 4th grade. What he didn’t know at the time, however, was that he was the only person to submit a story. Regardless, the seed was planted. Kennedy collects and plays board games in his free time, and he loves to talk about biblical apologetics. He’s also an avid cook. He thinks the ending of Lost “wasn’t that bad.”
‘Dragon Striker’ is a well-crafted fantasy sports story, but with that premise comes a few issues parents will need to (slide) tackle.
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