I Will Find You review: Netflix’s wrongful-conviction thriller
Sam Worthington plays a father jailed for murdering his own son, who then learns the boy may still be alive. Netflix’s eight-part thriller has a killer premise.
Reviewed, edited and approved by Editor-in-chief Daniel Sköld · Updated 25 October 2026
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There are high-concept thrillers, and then there is this: a man serving time for killing his own son discovers that the boy might not be dead after all. It’s the sort of pitch that makes a TV executive reach for the chequebook and a weary viewer reach for the remote, if only to check how many episodes they’re signing up for. Eight, since you ask.
I Will Find You lands on Netflix this summer with a strong cast and a premise that does most of the heavy lifting. The question, as ever with this kind of thing, is whether it can keep the plates spinning for the full eight hours, or whether you’ll be checking your phone by episode five.
Premiere2026-06-18
GenreDrama, Mystery, Crime
CastSam Worthington, Britt Lower, Chi McBride, Logan Browning
Created byRobert Hull
Seasons1 season · 8 episodes
ChannelNetflix
Rated15
Watch onNetflix
82%
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A father, a cell and a reason to get out
The set-up is simple and brutal. A father has been wrongfully imprisoned for the murder of his own son. Then he learns that the boy may still be alive, and what was a story of grief and injustice becomes a desperate rescue mission. That’s as far as I’ll go. The whole appeal of a show like this lies in the reveals, and nobody who has paid for a Netflix subscription deserves to have them spoiled by a man from Midcent.
It’s billed as drama, mystery and crime in roughly equal measure, and it carries a UK 15 certificate. Expect peril and grief rather than gore for its own sake, though I’d keep the remote handy if you’re watching with the in-laws.
Who’s in it and who made it
Sam Worthington leads, which feels about right. He has spent much of his career playing men under enormous pressure, usually with a set jaw and very little small talk, and a wrongly convicted father with nothing left to lose fits him like a prison-issue jumpsuit. Alongside him is Britt Lower, who shot to prominence with Severance and knows a thing or two about characters trapped in systems that don’t make sense.
The supporting cast is solid too: Chi McBride, Logan Browning, Erin Richards and Jonathan Tucker. Tucker in particular has a knack for making any scene he’s in feel a little more dangerous. The series was created by Robert Hull and runs to a single season of eight episodes.
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What works and what might not
The premise is a cracker, and it has a genuine emotional engine. This isn’t a detective solving a puzzle for a pay cheque. It’s a parent who has already lost everything once, including his freedom and his good name. That raises the stakes far higher than the average serial-killer-of-the-week procedural.
The best wrongful-conviction stories aren’t really about the crime. They’re about how slowly the machinery admits it got things wrong.
That’s where British viewers may find themselves mentally holding it up against home. Here, a prisoner protesting their innocence faces a long, grinding road: an appeal to the Court of Appeal, and failing that an application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission, which can take years to refer a case back. Anyone who followed the Andrew Malkinson case knows how long it can take for the system to admit a mistake. A drama that skips the paperwork in favour of a jailbreak-and-chase is far more fun to watch, but it’s best treated as a thriller, not a documentary.
The risk is a familiar one. Eight episodes is a lot of runway for a premise that could be told in four, and the streaming thriller has a habit of padding its middle with red herrings and flashbacks. Whether this one stays lean will decide whether it’s a weekend binge or a show you abandon at the halfway mark and never quite get round to finishing.
If the theme grabs you and you want something grittier and closer to home, In the Name of the Father, Jim Sheridan’s 1993 film about the Guildford Four, is still the benchmark for a story about the state getting it catastrophically wrong.
What the critics say
I Will Find You premieres on 18 June 2026, and reviews from the major British and American outlets were not yet available when this piece was written. No Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic score has been published. Check back after launch weekend, when the verdicts and the inevitable Netflix Top 10 placing will tell us whether the audience has taken the bait.
Where to watch it in the UK
All eight episodes of I Will Find You arrive on Netflix in the UK on 18 June 2026. It’s a Netflix original, so you won’t need any extra add-ons, just a subscription and a free evening or three. It’s rated 15.
Verdict
I Will Find You has the most important ingredient a streaming thriller can have: a premise you can explain in one sentence that makes people say “go on then”. With Worthington and Lower leading a sturdy cast, it’s a promising pick for anyone who likes their crime drama with a personal sting, though eight episodes is a big ask if it starts to sag. Fans of wrongful-conviction stories and chase thrillers should give it the first two episodes and see if it’s got its hooks in.
Ashley Isaacs picks what's worth your evening – film, TV, streaming, music and books for men 45 and over with limited evenings and too many subscriptions. Reviews of what's new on Netflix, Prime Video, BBC iPlayer and the rest, crime dramas worth a weekend, and classics worth a second look. What's worth watching, what isn't, and where to find it in the UK.
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