I'm halfway in and I'm having trouble understanding all the rave reviews about this season. Narcos: Mexico comes across as rather slow, uninspired and playing it safe on the drama part. Perhaps it's gonna accelerate into something interesting soon, I really hope so. But for now, I'm having trouble finishing episodes without getting distracted by more interesting things.
It basically suffers from the same malady most anthology series do: it really doesn't offer anything other than more of the same. The compelling characters from the first three seasons are gone, and I'm having much trouble letting the new ones grow. It seems the series has become lazy, assuming we're gonna be shackled to our screens because... it takes place in Mexico?
Another difference is the sparse use of voice-over. For me, this was one of the most compelling elements of the previous seasons, letting seasons 1 and 2 sometimes border on docudrama, and that really was a good thing. Now, the narrator is just a voice, not an important character as well, while this used to be an outstanding feature of Narcos.
I'm gonna give it a chance until the end, but for now, the fourth season has lost its luster to me.
It basically suffers from the same malady most anthology series do: it really doesn't offer anything other than more of the same. The compelling characters from the first three seasons are gone, and I'm having much trouble letting the new ones grow. It seems the series has become lazy, assuming we're gonna be shackled to our screens because... it takes place in Mexico?
Another difference is the sparse use of voice-over. For me, this was one of the most compelling elements of the previous seasons, letting seasons 1 and 2 sometimes border on docudrama, and that really was a good thing. Now, the narrator is just a voice, not an important character as well, while this used to be an outstanding feature of Narcos.
I'm gonna give it a chance until the end, but for now, the fourth season has lost its luster to me.