Surviving the Cartel (2022– ) User Reviews

The Best crime & best drama.

[bacamej · 8/10 · 3 June 2022]

Surviving the Cartel is well written, and well-directed, all the actors are incredible, and the whole team does an excellent job on this entire series. Best TV show I saw in my life. The Best crime & best drama.

This show is good.

[sijad-94596 · 8/10 · 7 June 2022]

It's not just a tv show, it's an opportunity. An opportunity to witness the impact that the drug business has on the minds of people that are affected by it. This Surviving The Cartel show is good.

I like the intro music

[rixoy-16231 · 8/10 · 10 June 2022]

My favorite show. It's simply a cinematic masterpiece. I even like the music that plays when the show is starting and ending. Every time the show ends, I get mad because I crave to see more of it.

This Show is Amazing! WOW!!!

[BrigitteAut · 10/10 · 10 May 2022]

I learned about this show through a social media ad. First, I was skeptical as this show is independent and only available on pay-per-view. But the trailer was so intense and the plot seemed so original that I had to watch it. After binging all 5 episodes in one night, all I can say is WOW!!! I'm a woman in my 40s and I am hooked on a Cartel show. I can't believe it. The story, the plot, the dialogue, the direction, the acting, the music are so well executed that it blows my mind.

The subtexts, themes, and profundity are all in there.

[waribi · 8/10 · 11 June 2022]

The acting is incredible. Every single actor or actress nailed their role. The subtexts, themes, and profundity are all in there. Surviving the Cartel is the best series on TV.

Excellent and Great show!

[renara-47577 · 10/10 · 13 July 2022]

This is a great show. I love the suspense, and the building mystery. The guy who plays Alejandro Cardona is very attractive. All of the actors do a really good job. I recommend this show to anyone. 10/10.

Phenomenal show

[paniwi-75843 · 7/10 · 21 May 2022]

In my opinion this is a phenomenal show with phenomenal characters, and a phenomenal story. Of course, it is not perfect, and it's absolutely NOT the best show of all time. But I recommend it to anyone. In my opinion, the acting is great. The show is about survival and the actions humans take to survive the drug business and its consequences. Why 7? Because I don't like the subtitles and you have them all the time in this show.

Wow, I can't wait for the second season.

[voreyod · 10/10 · 30 June 2022]

I can't even define how great this show is. It is not just the greatest series of all time, it is the greatest form of media ever created on planet Earth. This show is just too good. I don't even have words. Wow, I can't wait for the second season.

Too many question unanswered

[woxan-87390 · 8/10 · 27 May 2022]

Surviving The Cartel is an awesome work. Watch it twice now. In the first round though, I didn't enjoy the final episode of the first season because it left too many questions unanswered. However on second viewing this didn't bother me so much.

A perfect series with a fine build-up.

[jifika-71553 · 10/10 · 25 May 2022]

A perfect series with a fine build-up, great characters and a perfect ending of the first season. Nothing bad could be said about Surviving the Cartel. Indeed a classic show.

Great and amazing build-up.

[sovive · 10/10 · 14 June 2022]

A very worthy contender for the greatest TV show of all time. This is the best of television which can be found on cable. I've finished a lot of shows in my downtime. They couldn't have ended the first season any more brilliantly. Especially after all that amazing build-up.

Great first season, one of the most iconic and poetic in TV history.

[vaxap-96968 · 8/10 · 11 June 2022]

Brilliant - one of the greatest drama series of all time. Fantastic series. Starts innocently enough and builds tension and momentum with every episode. Great first season, one of the most iconic and poetic in TV history.

Not boring at all.

[yipici · 9/10 · 22 May 2022]

After spending an entire week looking for something to watch, I was tired of the same boring and usual stories available on those big failing streaming services. One of my friends recommended this show. I watched it and I was totally hooked after a few minutes. I couldn't stop watching it. It's so different. The plot evolves at a fast pace and it's not boring at all.

Very reminiscent of the cinematic style.

[higigig · 9/10 · 14 June 2022]

Very reminiscent of the cinematic style. This might be the best thing I've ever seen... it is 100% the best piece of fiction I've ever seen, but is it the best THING I've ever seen... still deciding.

Watch it! I like it.

[cewibi · 10/10 · 27 May 2022]

We thoroughly enjoyed this show. I think it very well deserves to be up there in the top tv shows of all time. The series is the greatest I have ever watched and I recommend watching it.

It puts other shows to shame.

[ronoxa · 9/10 · 7 June 2022]

I don't know how to describe a show that is so perfect nothing even comes close to a show like this while it may be my all-time favorite show. There's no way of ignoring the absolute perfection of detailed acting and storytelling of this show. It puts other shows to shame.

Yeah, it's a GREAT show.

[belexa-16739 · 8/10 · 18 May 2022]

I love this program because to me, it shows that nothing in life is black and white. You have good people who do terrible things and vice versa. I can't say enough how well the characters' introduction is done. Was so engaging and all the characters threads were amazing!

The best series!!!

[diceli-91909 · 10/10 · 3 July 2022]

This is the best thing, once you'll watch this it's gonna be hard for you to digest other series, you'll always feel let down. This is a masterpiece. Watch it at your own risk!!!!

I am glad I watched this show

[gadeh-78473 · 9/10 · 21 May 2022]

As someone who was reluctant to pay $20 to watch this show because I feared being disappointed and losing my money, I am completely happy that I watched this show. Carlos Ortega is my favorite character. Now, it's one of my favorite shows and I highly recommend watching it if you haven't already. I give it a 9 overall because 5 episodes is not enough for this kind of thrilling and wonderful plot.

Great acting!

[radere · 9/10 · 14 June 2022]

When I first read about this series being called the greatest in the history of television I was skeptical about such a superlative. But it turned out to be completely right. They are all good actors and play the parts very well.

Unique, detailed, and interesting.

[kadige · 8/10 · 22 May 2022]

The team behind Surviving the Cartel cooked up something so unique, detailed, and interesting that it has become an addiction for me. Will "The Baker" come back in the second season? Can we have a flash back on the Baker?

Such a great show about the drug game

[tohoro-58955 · 9/10 · 3 June 2022]

I loved the show and was afraid to pay to watch it again. I'm glad I did. It's an excellent TV show. Such a great show about the drug game through the eyes of an unconventional drug kingpin and the people affected by the drug business. Everybody here fits their part relatively well. But I'm really impressed with Gabriel Aguero who plays The Pope.

Top-notch but can't give 10 because it's pay-per-view.

[verile · 8/10 · 30 May 2022]

I am a latecomer to this show, but it certainly impressed me. The acting was pretty tight as it was well cast and the production and direction were top-notch. I truly enjoyed this show. I was surprised to learn that it was done independently.

8/10 from a Mexican perspective.

[porediw · 8/10 · 5 June 2022]

When a series is as widely praised as Surviving The Cartel, it might be useful (from a Mexican perspective) to compare it with our own top cartel shows. And in terms of strength of characterisation, it gets only a middling mark. The characters are all strong, but you can never escape the sense that they've been designed to fill a role.

Great characters, acting, and writing.

[maganix · 9/10 · 7 June 2022]

This right here is a good show. Great characters, acting, and writing. Little to no flaws to be found. I have watched with much curiosity. Surviving the Cartel is my favorite and greatest show ever. The cinematography looks very inspired by the authentic western style.