After episode 2, I had to force myself to finish this series. That should tell you a lot. As a chilean, I was very excited to see what would they do about the "chilean things" that are very special for the characters, and honestly they did some good things in the art direction (decorations, set production) and the main Sergio Jadue actor, Andrés Parra, does a very commendable job in recreating the real guy's accent, though sometimes his real way of talking comes out and it takes you out of the experience. Also, the very badly done makeup looks incredibly fake on Parra's character; very distracting.
But the top awful acting award goes to the actress that plays Jadues wife, wich is aboslutely unbeareble. Everything is exaggerated, talks uncomfartbly close to other characters and the chilean accent is outstandlingly bad.
The other main character is the FBI girl/storyline, wich is poorly made. It is never explained how she got there. We only have glimpses of her background, but is not enough and badly done. Her language skills, though, are outstanding as the actress speaks english and spanish very well. Her acting, on the other hand, is not good and you never buy the whole FBI thing.
Now, about the story, plot and script. Well, it is ugly bad. I mean, it retells very important recent facts of corruption in its own way, without ever deciding if its telling a true story or a fictional one (only in the latter episodes some things are clarified, but I say this lightly). Some episodes indicate high money numbers, or other kind of numbers, but you cant never know if it is real or not because it is suppusedly a satire and it never quotes anything. It is so very strangely and frustratingly told, it never quite makes sanse and it is barely informative at all.
About the soundtrack. Well, the music sounds like it was bought from a website of royalty free tunes. Awful. And very badly implemented. It never causes emotion or suspense or anything. Absolutely bland.
Now about the editing. Without being terrible, transitions are not very well done, not giving much space to introduce other topics and some bits are left unexplained while passing on to other plot points. It is here that a combination of script and bad editing leaves you wondering what kind of story they were trying to tell. And if it is a funny one I never ever laughed.
There are also some quality control errors, like a scene where Jadue is shown writing on his cellphones that Chile passes on to quarter finals in the 2014 WC. Thats wrong, Chile went on to play Brasil in its home territory but never in quarter finals. It was in the last 16s.
All in all, don't waste your time in this series. Wait for a proper doccumentary.
But the top awful acting award goes to the actress that plays Jadues wife, wich is aboslutely unbeareble. Everything is exaggerated, talks uncomfartbly close to other characters and the chilean accent is outstandlingly bad.
The other main character is the FBI girl/storyline, wich is poorly made. It is never explained how she got there. We only have glimpses of her background, but is not enough and badly done. Her language skills, though, are outstanding as the actress speaks english and spanish very well. Her acting, on the other hand, is not good and you never buy the whole FBI thing.
Now, about the story, plot and script. Well, it is ugly bad. I mean, it retells very important recent facts of corruption in its own way, without ever deciding if its telling a true story or a fictional one (only in the latter episodes some things are clarified, but I say this lightly). Some episodes indicate high money numbers, or other kind of numbers, but you cant never know if it is real or not because it is suppusedly a satire and it never quotes anything. It is so very strangely and frustratingly told, it never quite makes sanse and it is barely informative at all.
About the soundtrack. Well, the music sounds like it was bought from a website of royalty free tunes. Awful. And very badly implemented. It never causes emotion or suspense or anything. Absolutely bland.
Now about the editing. Without being terrible, transitions are not very well done, not giving much space to introduce other topics and some bits are left unexplained while passing on to other plot points. It is here that a combination of script and bad editing leaves you wondering what kind of story they were trying to tell. And if it is a funny one I never ever laughed.
There are also some quality control errors, like a scene where Jadue is shown writing on his cellphones that Chile passes on to quarter finals in the 2014 WC. Thats wrong, Chile went on to play Brasil in its home territory but never in quarter finals. It was in the last 16s.
All in all, don't waste your time in this series. Wait for a proper doccumentary.