We are presented here with a story that makes absolutely no sense as somebody pointed elsewhere the amount of paper they would have to shift out of that Mint would be so heavy that it would take weeks to shift out of there. Also the bank notes issued could be easily pulled out of service before they even ever got used.
And yet this series works really well. The problem with the reviews here on IMDb is that you have to write in English here. Which means that the vast majority of people who will actually review are either English speakers or people who have a good command of the language. Which means that most Spaniards will not review here they will simply vote. This explains the 8.5 overall rating and the appallingly dismissive reviews you can see here.
This is made in Spain by Latin people the level of emotion expressed the arguments the yelling are all perfectly okay in Latin culture as would be in Spain Latin America Italy etc etc So this is why the rating is so high and the reviews are so low in appreciation
First she is married to a male cop who beats her up but because she's so tough and such a feminist she sent him packing very good so far; but then she takes up with the mastermind of the greatest heist in Spanish history in a heartbeat and has no intuitive ability zero intuitive ability to smell a rat. C'mon 🙂🙃😉 in which parallel universe could she ever be a cop???? In Netflix universe she could ....
This is profoundly hilarious.
Two of the female characters in the series are meant to be tough new types of women the inspector turns out to be somebody who weeps to her mother about how tough the job is the other one the character called Nairobi (great actress) does a sort of coup and then shouts about this is the takeover of the Matriarchy starting here and then surrenders her power to the main male bully within a couple of episodes.
Not too sure what the gender politics of the writers were here but the strong females turn out to be marshmallow women who ultimately look up to the bearded Masters in both cases the third strong female character Tokio has a psycho streak ends up creating so much mayhem that people die so yes that aspect of the series is really very odd indeed very very odd tough talk followed by extreme pliancy and submissiveness. The 3 female characters are in effect depicted as irrational and inefficient nutters yikes ..
Having said all that and it needs to be said the series is extremely gripping in seasons one and two which should've been one season 14 episode followed by 8 at the end of the 14 I was expecting some kind of resolution there was none this was very disappointing you really have to see 1+2 to make any sense of it.
And this is the crux of the review here this is where it should've stopped. Because it was a successful 1+2 season Netflix and the makers here felt it should carry on a bit like the movies in the US where they have infinite sequels.
Total mistake there is nothing that could've been added to 1+2 they stand on their own. Flogging a dead horse is what it is called flogging a dead horse so watch season one and two and then do something else with your time.
Some great acting some very handsome young men and women the women always ready to reveal more flesh than seems required by the storyline but you see this is truly not a feminist series here.
Highly recommend it if you want something mindless entertaining 100% implausible and in a way as dumb as some American series can get
NB Watched it in SPA audio with SPA subs; otherwise would be at sea 🙂 due to speed of delivery.
EDIT now seen all the way to 5 and seasons 3 4 and 5 need to be seen as one unit since no resolution till the end of 5 as they did with 1+2 it all comes out on the wash but 3 4 and 5 meander way too much for way too long
- So the premise is profoundly ridiculous some of the relationships some of the characters are also profoundly ridiculous.
And yet this series works really well. The problem with the reviews here on IMDb is that you have to write in English here. Which means that the vast majority of people who will actually review are either English speakers or people who have a good command of the language. Which means that most Spaniards will not review here they will simply vote. This explains the 8.5 overall rating and the appallingly dismissive reviews you can see here.
This is made in Spain by Latin people the level of emotion expressed the arguments the yelling are all perfectly okay in Latin culture as would be in Spain Latin America Italy etc etc So this is why the rating is so high and the reviews are so low in appreciation
- Special mention must be made of "la Inspectora" she has to be the dumbest cop in film history.
First she is married to a male cop who beats her up but because she's so tough and such a feminist she sent him packing very good so far; but then she takes up with the mastermind of the greatest heist in Spanish history in a heartbeat and has no intuitive ability zero intuitive ability to smell a rat. C'mon 🙂🙃😉 in which parallel universe could she ever be a cop???? In Netflix universe she could ....
This is profoundly hilarious.
Two of the female characters in the series are meant to be tough new types of women the inspector turns out to be somebody who weeps to her mother about how tough the job is the other one the character called Nairobi (great actress) does a sort of coup and then shouts about this is the takeover of the Matriarchy starting here and then surrenders her power to the main male bully within a couple of episodes.
Not too sure what the gender politics of the writers were here but the strong females turn out to be marshmallow women who ultimately look up to the bearded Masters in both cases the third strong female character Tokio has a psycho streak ends up creating so much mayhem that people die so yes that aspect of the series is really very odd indeed very very odd tough talk followed by extreme pliancy and submissiveness. The 3 female characters are in effect depicted as irrational and inefficient nutters yikes ..
Having said all that and it needs to be said the series is extremely gripping in seasons one and two which should've been one season 14 episode followed by 8 at the end of the 14 I was expecting some kind of resolution there was none this was very disappointing you really have to see 1+2 to make any sense of it.
And this is the crux of the review here this is where it should've stopped. Because it was a successful 1+2 season Netflix and the makers here felt it should carry on a bit like the movies in the US where they have infinite sequels.
Total mistake there is nothing that could've been added to 1+2 they stand on their own. Flogging a dead horse is what it is called flogging a dead horse so watch season one and two and then do something else with your time.
Some great acting some very handsome young men and women the women always ready to reveal more flesh than seems required by the storyline but you see this is truly not a feminist series here.
Highly recommend it if you want something mindless entertaining 100% implausible and in a way as dumb as some American series can get
NB Watched it in SPA audio with SPA subs; otherwise would be at sea 🙂 due to speed of delivery.
EDIT now seen all the way to 5 and seasons 3 4 and 5 need to be seen as one unit since no resolution till the end of 5 as they did with 1+2 it all comes out on the wash but 3 4 and 5 meander way too much for way too long
- flogging a dead nag until the cows come home blue in the face would be my chosen mixed animal metaphor.