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Nicky Jam: El Ganador (2018)
Deserves much more then 2 reviews
Can't believe that at the time of writing this, this TV series has only 2 reviews! That's ridiculous frankly. I know that the latin movies may be viewed as a subculture but it is still a subculture that is bigger then this right?
Anyway, to cut to the chase, I was actually not a huge fan of Nicky Jam's music before watching this. However, after, I appreciate his music much more, maybe because of the background information that this gave.
The casting is ok. Photo is likewise. It is a very interesting story I think of how this guys life kind of goes spiraling. Although his life was probably hard I guess others from his barrio probably had it even harder. I mean, he is an artist at least, although partially struggling...and again, maybe the latin culture and music really was even smaller back then.
Highly recommend watching this.
Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal (2012)
Surprisingly enough even better then Narcos!
This was a nice surprise as I kind of ignored this TV series for quite a while. The casting looked a bit strange from what I could see on the Trailers and posters. But don't be fooled! The main characters are wonderfully cast and I really like the main character. After I while you get really used to him and he as well as the whole movie almost goes into a kind of comedy that is really funny despite the grizzly story.
It feels like it goes a lot more in depth then Narcos and maybe not so surprising as it is much longer (at least on the Medellin part). Feels even more documentary which is really nice. Still I can't really say if this one is more truthful to the real events then Narcos. Maybe too little focus on the DEA contrubution for starters.