La Cacería: Las Niñas de Alto Hospicio (2018– ) User Reviews

Great crime thriller. Well worth the watch

[ksgopal · 7/10 · 18 December 2020]

La Cacería is as good as crime thrillers get and perhaps real-life series (it is based on a true story) is more gripping than any work of fiction. The setting is a small town on the fringes of the Atacama desert which gives the series an uncommon atmospheric air. Francisco Melo in the lead role of Inspector Rojas may appear at first sight to be guilty of the trope of a cop who battles his demons but don't let that put you off. His is an excellent performance and expect no less from a fine cast that includes Gastón Salgado, Valentina Muhr, Jaime Omeñaca and Alejandro Goic. There are no cat and mouse games; no chases; no twists and turns-as with most real-life investigations this one is about plodding detective work, overlooked clues and tips, and some fortuitous events that lead to the unravelling. This series is hard to come by; I understand there's a sequel and frankly, I can't wait to see season 2

A review of this series will be arriving, once I have all eight episodes

[simonize850 · 6/10 · 27 October 2021]

This series is being shown on Knowledge Network. Public television, reliant on viewer contribution, and clearly falling short because viewers will not commit when they feel Entitled. So many other streaming servers and zRoku style devices out there. That said, Knowledge has brought in several decidedly non-mainstream series set in Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere.

I would Knowledge to bring in MONTALBANO; redundant as our local library system boasts all 34 episodes.

How about the HUNKELER series? My PAL DVDs are 16x9 but German only.

Thanks for reading. Support your public radio and television services, financially, if possible.

Very fictionalised

[laduqesa · 4/10 · 6 September 2020]

I really didn't know what I was expecting from this. I've actually seen some excellent stuff coming out of Chile recently, but this wasn't of the same standard.

It's pretty clear that the venal and incompetent local police department didn't cooperate in the making of this series, so much of each episode had to be invented. Unfortunately, a lot of it felt like padding; the series could have been resolved in 4 episodes.

The love affair between two of the main protagonists looked contrived. Worse there was clearly no chemistry between them. Their lovemaking scenes were utterly unconvincing.

I presume the discovery of the murderer happened as outlined in the series. This was portrayed as an intuitive leap of faith rather than the following of a set of clues.

We shall never know. The files relating to the cases of the missing girls were burnt and incompetence and corruption were covered up. I guess this effort was the best that could be done with the material available but it's not really up to par.