Outback ★½

IF YOU’RE going to wander around the outback of Australia there are a few basic things you should do and take with you.

1 Tell a relative or good friend when you’re leaving and around when you expect to get there

2 Let them know you got there.

3 Take some basic stuff in the car with you. I don’t know exactly, but maybe a physical map in case your phone doesn’t work, a jerry can for extra petrol, plenty of water, maybe even a good old compass and a couple of band-aids.

This isn’t rocket science people; unless you’re the main characters in the 2016 drama Outback who are basically idiots.

Yes, they are foreign tourists and having some emotional issues, but the writers really do drop the ball in not even alluding to some of these basic factors.

Most of the film is watching two people slowly dying of dehydration which isn’t that exciting, particularly when you don’t care less about them.