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Movies & Series 20 March 2020, 15:23

Crime Shows to Watch on Netflix

Crime, punishment, chase. Criminal series have become wildly popular in recent years. Incidentally, in 2020 Netflix has a large number of stories about criminals and detectives. Here's our recommendations.

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Narcos

  1. What is it? The series is about the hunt for Pablo Escobar, the notorious drug baron.
  2. Length: Three seasons, ten episodes each.
  3. Is the show over? Yes.

All right, let's get this over with. Narcos is a show I simply don't like, but I can't deny it the quality and a bit of romance. At least the romantic landscapes of Colombia that the Cali Cartel took over.

Narcos takes us back to when Escobar (Wagner Moura) was already on his way to the top – though we also get to know his origins. The narrative is led by an undercover DEA agent, Steve Murphy (Boyd Holbrook). From the officer's story, we learn how the baron gained power, how he dealt with the corrupt military and police, and that he had ambitions to go even further – to gain power through legitimate elections. Here, Pablo was shown as a rather contradictory and complex figure, on the one hand soaked in blood and violence, and on the other, courting the adoration of the crowd.

For all that, the show also goes hard on the greedy American government that only intervened in the country for want of its own agenda. It's long, it's full of interesting moments, but it doesn't always completely click. It's a bit like a South American ballad – it's pretty, but it's a stretch, even for the modern standards. Still, it resonated with many, many people. On top of that, they were later given an extra fix in the form of Narcos: Mexico.

Narcos: Mexico

The war on drugs was never been fought on just one front. A new installment of Narcos takes us to Mexico of the 1980s, where rules were made by the strongest individuals, and international drug trade was only getting organized. Narcos: Mexico met a positive reception from viewers, with two full seasons now available.

Hubert Sosnowski

Hubert Sosnowski

He joined GRYOnline.pl in 2017, as an author of texts about games and movies. He's currently the head of the film department and the Filmomaniak.pl website. Learned how to write articles while working for the Dzika Banda portal. His texts were published on kawerna.pl, film.onet.pl, zwierciadlo.pl, and in the Polish Playboy. Has published stories in the monthly Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror magazine, as well as in the first volume of the Antologii Wolsung. Lives for "middle cinema" and meaty entertainment, but he won't despise any experiment or Fast and Furious. In games, looks for a good story. Loves Baldur's Gate 2, but when he sees Unreal Tournament, Doom, or a good race game, the inner child wakes up. In love with sheds and thrash metal. Since 2012, has been playing and creating live action role-playing, both within the framework of the Bialystok Larp Club Zywia, and commercial ventures in the style of Witcher School.

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