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| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Chris Brancato Carlo Bernard Doug Miro Annab Khan |
| Written by | Chris Brancato |
| Directed by | José Padilha |
| Starring | Wagner Moura Boyd Holbrook Pedro Pascal |
| Opening theme | "Tuyo" by Rodrigo Amarante |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original languages | English Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Chris Brancato Eric Newman Carlo Bernard Doug Miro |
| Producers | José Luis Escolar José Padilha |
| Running time | 43–57 minutes |
| Production company | Gaumont International Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Netflix |
| Release | August 28, 2015 – present |
Narcos is an American crime drama television series that debuted on August 28, 2015, on Netflix.[1] The series was created by Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro, and directed by Brazilian filmmaker José Padilha. It is a serialized take on drug kingpin Pablo Escobar and the Medellín Cartel, as well as United States DEA agents.[2] The first season consists of 10 episodes. The series was renewed for a second season on September 3, 2015.[3]
Cast
- Wagner Moura as Pablo Escobar[1]
- Boyd Holbrook as Steve Murphy,[4] DEA agent
- Pedro Pascal as Javier Peña,[5] DEA agent
- Raúl Méndez as President César Gaviria
- Manolo Cardona as Eduardo Mendoza[6]
- Maurice Compte as Horacio Carrillo[5]
- Ana de la Reguera as Elisa[6]
- Stephanie Sigman[7] as Valeria Vélez, character based on Virginia Vallejo[8]
- Joanna Christie as Connie Murphy[9]
- Roberto Urbina as Fabio Ochoa
- Aldemar Correa as Ivan "El Terrible" Torres, character loosely based on Iván Marino Ospina
- Danielle Kennedy as Ambassador Noonan
- Julián Beltrán as Alberto Suarez
- Diego Cataño as La Quica, character based on Dandeny Muñoz Mosquera
- Jorge A. Jimenez as Poison
- Paulina Gaitan as Tata Escobar, character based on Maria Victoria Henao
- Juan Pablo Raba as Gustavo Gaviria
- Ariel Sierra as Sure Shot
- André Mattos as Jorge Luis Ochoa
- Laura Perico as Marina Ochoa
- Patrick St. Esprit as Major Wysession
- Luis Guzmán as José Rodríguez Gacha
- Bruno Bichir as Fernando Duque
- Thaddeus Phillips as CIA Agent Owen
- Juan Riedinger as Carlos Lehder
- Alberto Ammann as Pacho Herrera
- Gabriela de la Garza as Diana Turbay
- Vera Mercado as Ana Gaviria
- Luis Gnecco as La Cucaracha
- Jon-Michael Ecker as The Lion
- Adrián Jiménez as Colonel Herrera, DAS agent
- Paulina García as Hermilda Gaviria
Production
The series was announced in April 2014 as part of a partnership between Netflix and Telemundo. The series is written by Chris Brancato and directed by Brazilian filmmaker José Padilha (Elite Squad, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, RoboCop), after directing the 2014 Robocop remake and 2011’s Rio de Janeiro-set crime drama Elite Squad: The Enemy Within.[10] It is based on the true-life story of the growth and spread of cocaine drug cartels across the globe and attendant efforts of law enforcement to meet them head on in brutal, bloody conflict. It centers around the notorious Colombian cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar (Wagner Moura) and Steve Murphy (Holbrook), a DEA agent sent to Colombia on a U.S. mission to capture and ultimately kill him.[11] The series was shot on location in Colombia in the second half of 2014.[10]
Episodes
| No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Descenso" | José Padilha | Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard & Doug Miro | August 28, 2015 |
| 2 | "The Sword of Simón Bolivar" | José Padilha | Chris Brancato | August 28, 2015 |
| 3 | "The Men of Always" | Guillermo Navarro | Dana Calvo | August 28, 2015 |
| 4 | "The Palace in Flames" | Guillermo Navarro | Chris Brancato | August 28, 2015 |
| 5 | "There Will Be a Future" | Andi Baiz | Dana Ledoux Miller | August 28, 2015 |
| 6 | "Explosivos" | Andi Baiz | Andy Black | August 28, 2015 |
| 7 | "You Will Cry Tears of Blood" | Fernando Coimbra | Zach Calig | August 28, 2015 |
| 8 | "La Gran Mentira" | Fernando Coimbra | Allison Abner | August 28, 2015 |
| 9 | "La Catedral" | Andi Baiz | Nick Schenk & Chris Brancato | August 28, 2015 |
| 10 | "Despegue" | Andi Baiz | Nick Schenk & Chris Brancato | August 28, 2015 |
Reception
Online movie database and score aggregator IMDb scores the series 9.1/10 based on over 25,000 user reviews.[12] Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gives the series a rating of 76%, based on 42 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. One reviewer criticised the "awful, misguided" decision to tell the story from a "bland gringo" DEA agent's perspective; others hoped that viewers would read up on the true story, which "surpasses fiction". The website's consensus reads, "Narcos lacks sympathetic characters, but pulls in the viewer with solid acting and a story that's fast-paced enough to distract from its familiar outline."[13][14] On Metacritic, it holds a score of 77 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[15] IGN reviewer Cliff Wheatley gave the first season a 7.8 out of 10 'Good' rating, saying "If you're still pining for a crime show to replace the void of Breaking Bad or Southland, you could do worse than Narcos. It's a true-to-life account, sometimes to a fault, of the rise of Pablo Escobar and the hunt that brought him down laced with stellar performances and tension-filled stand-offs. It's blend of archival footage reminds us that the horrors depicted really happened, but also manage to present an Escobar that is indefensible but frighteningly sympathetic."[16]
References
- ^ a b "Netflix Orders 10 Episodes of Pablo Escobar Drama 'Narcos'". Hollywood Reporter. 2014-04-01.
- ^ "Netflix Plans To Create Original Series About Colombian Drug Lord Pablo Escobar". Fox News. 2014-04-02.
- ^ Petski, Denise. "'Narcos' Renewed For Season 2 By Netflix". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- ^ "Netflix's Pablo Escobar Drama Adds 'Hatfields' Alum (Exclusive)". Hollywood Reporter. 2014-06-05.
- ^ a b "Pedro Pascal To Star In Netflix Drama Series 'Narcos'". Deadline. 2014-06-06. Cite error: The named reference "pascal" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b "'Narcos' Netflix Casting: Ana De La Reguera, 'The Book Of Life' Actress, Joins Cast". Latin Times. 2014-10-09.
- ^ "Stephanie Sigman Joins Netflix Series 'Narcos'". Variety. 2014-07-20.
- ^ "Entrevista exclusiva con la nueva chica Bond mexicana". www.publimetro.com.mx (in Spanish). Metro International. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
Hago a Valeria Velez, un personaje distinto basado en la amante de Pablo Escobar, Virginia Vallejo, un personaje importante en Colombia
- ^ Ge, Linda. "Netflix's 'Narcos' Casts Joanna Christie — Star of Tony-Winning 'Once' (Exclusive)". The Wrap. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
- ^ a b "NARCOS REVIEW (NETFLIX)". Cite error: The named reference "ign" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Netflix's 'Narcos' Series On Pablo Escobar 'Will Be Like Nothing Ever Seen Before'". Huffington Post. 2014-05-03.
- ^ "Narcos". IMDb. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
- ^ Erik McClanahan (2 September 2015). "Review: Netflix's 'Narcos' Starring Wagner Moura And Boyd Holbrook". The Playlist. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Narcos: Season 1 (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Narcos". Metacritic. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- ^ Chris Wheatley (August 27, 2015). "Narcos: Season 1 Review". IGN. Retrieved September 18, 2015.