I saw this series yesterday (up to episode 5)
The premise is fantastic. Nazi hunters in 1962 Madrid. Victims of concentration camps bringing mass murderers to justice (or kill them). This is going to be good !!!
But what a huge disappointment.
Pros.
1. Cinematic it looks grand (but see cons)
2. The guy playing the nazi Otto Bachmann is very good. By far the best actor. Especially the horse scene. The young kid is also doing a good job in the flashbacks. And the ex priest is not too bad either.
3. The very short scene with the diary (the drawings) of Dachau were impressive also. The only time I felt something about the horror.
Cons.
1. The actress looks gorgeous but she simply can not act. She only has one single facial expression. A startled face frozen in time.
2. Music is totally out of sink with the time. Americana in Spain (Rolling Stones, House of the Rising Sun, funky music from American 70s movies) And it is constant. The rock/punk song at the the start of every episode is incredibly annoying and totally out of place. Maybe the director thought he was Tarantino.
3. You never get the feeling you are in 1962 Madrid. They throw in a few (well made) cars, that's it. No poverty, no broken down cars, no donkeys, no period clothing, no authentic Spanish people, no Madrid of 1962. Nothing.
4. Cinematic it looks good but also very, very , very slick. These people have been in Mauthausen, Dachau and Auschwitz ? Really ?
It has the feel of a glossy money heist movie. All looks, zero substance.
5. Although the series on the whole is not woke a few woke elements crept in; the black servant in Mauthausen steadying the hand of our young protagonist (really?) the young guy who turns out to be gay (out of the blue. It's just throw in and that's it) and the all powerful young women scene in the beginning who is surprised in the dark but can beat four (three cars and one motor) chasing professionals with ease.
6. The typical young brass (de La Casa de Papel, I won't listen "Denver"- like) young guy is totally out of place. It seems that every single Spanish series these days must have one "Denver" in it's cast. It seemed forced.
This should have been fantastic. A period drama/thriller of a mysterious group hunting down the vilest of nazi's in atmospheric Madrid (filled with Spanish nazi sympathizers in the early sixties during the Franco regime) Hunted by haunted, complex, partly broken survivors of the concentration camps and extermination centers. Dark, gritty, full of suspense and emotion.
But they served us this glossy emptiness.
But what a huge disappointment.
Pros.
1. Cinematic it looks grand (but see cons)
2. The guy playing the nazi Otto Bachmann is very good. By far the best actor. Especially the horse scene. The young kid is also doing a good job in the flashbacks. And the ex priest is not too bad either.
3. The very short scene with the diary (the drawings) of Dachau were impressive also. The only time I felt something about the horror.
Cons.
1. The actress looks gorgeous but she simply can not act. She only has one single facial expression. A startled face frozen in time.
2. Music is totally out of sink with the time. Americana in Spain (Rolling Stones, House of the Rising Sun, funky music from American 70s movies) And it is constant. The rock/punk song at the the start of every episode is incredibly annoying and totally out of place. Maybe the director thought he was Tarantino.
3. You never get the feeling you are in 1962 Madrid. They throw in a few (well made) cars, that's it. No poverty, no broken down cars, no donkeys, no period clothing, no authentic Spanish people, no Madrid of 1962. Nothing.
4. Cinematic it looks good but also very, very , very slick. These people have been in Mauthausen, Dachau and Auschwitz ? Really ?
It has the feel of a glossy money heist movie. All looks, zero substance.
5. Although the series on the whole is not woke a few woke elements crept in; the black servant in Mauthausen steadying the hand of our young protagonist (really?) the young guy who turns out to be gay (out of the blue. It's just throw in and that's it) and the all powerful young women scene in the beginning who is surprised in the dark but can beat four (three cars and one motor) chasing professionals with ease.
6. The typical young brass (de La Casa de Papel, I won't listen "Denver"- like) young guy is totally out of place. It seems that every single Spanish series these days must have one "Denver" in it's cast. It seemed forced.
This should have been fantastic. A period drama/thriller of a mysterious group hunting down the vilest of nazi's in atmospheric Madrid (filled with Spanish nazi sympathizers in the early sixties during the Franco regime) Hunted by haunted, complex, partly broken survivors of the concentration camps and extermination centers. Dark, gritty, full of suspense and emotion.
But they served us this glossy emptiness.