In general I don't wrtite these reviews much, however I simply had to share my experience with this show and how it drove me.
Season 1 started of as very dark, very realistic depiction of low to mid level mafia, and how they operate on the streets, how they smuggle and what are the fears they all live with. It was absolutely breath taking, sort of like Game of Thrones only in Naples. Very intelligent, very down to earth with some of the amazing scenes, especially the ones about assassinations and similar acts of violence. We got to see some great perfomances and great casting and directing. The ambiance, the music, the dialogues. Everything was pure gold straight to the end, with the last episode of the season being the top of the season. It was trully a breath of fresh air, something new and original, with Italian cinema at its finest. But...
In came in Season 2. Very down to earth, with a different vibe, different approach and somewhat boring. I almost stopped watching, however I had pulled through since it still had some great scenes, a lot of stuff you could learn from and some original fimiling and original thought put in. In total it wasn't bad, it just didn't managed to fully grasp the vibe of the original. Season 1 for me was 10/10, while this one was 8/10 at best.
Now speaking of grades, in comes season 3 which is 6/10 at best. Very different, very typical , very hollywoodian as if it was made for Fox Crime, rather than an original show. There were some new faces doing some of the same stuff we already had seen, then we had none of the tension, just some pointless action and pointless pathetic scenes. Hell, it was more like watching Titanic than a crime drama.
Thankfully they got back on the track in Season 4, which was super. It went quite well, back to the roots, with some hard core criminal stuff going on. 9/10
and then we got season 5, which turned out to be an action packed movie meets telenovela from Latin America meets Turkish crime show. Very predictable, full of cliches, unoriginal, dead people coming back to life etc. Just a huge pile of mess with some great action sceens but fitted more for an action movie, than this. Everyone turned into a CIA opperative all of a sudden.
Final conclusion, give it a watch, especially Season 1, and maybe 2, and after that you might go directly to season 4 or just stop at season 2 and start watching something else. It started of as a great show, but turned into such a hassle. Such missed opportunity. I mean I gave it 8/10 in total mainly due to originality of the season 1 and the overall idea.
Season 1 started of as very dark, very realistic depiction of low to mid level mafia, and how they operate on the streets, how they smuggle and what are the fears they all live with. It was absolutely breath taking, sort of like Game of Thrones only in Naples. Very intelligent, very down to earth with some of the amazing scenes, especially the ones about assassinations and similar acts of violence. We got to see some great perfomances and great casting and directing. The ambiance, the music, the dialogues. Everything was pure gold straight to the end, with the last episode of the season being the top of the season. It was trully a breath of fresh air, something new and original, with Italian cinema at its finest. But...
In came in Season 2. Very down to earth, with a different vibe, different approach and somewhat boring. I almost stopped watching, however I had pulled through since it still had some great scenes, a lot of stuff you could learn from and some original fimiling and original thought put in. In total it wasn't bad, it just didn't managed to fully grasp the vibe of the original. Season 1 for me was 10/10, while this one was 8/10 at best.
Now speaking of grades, in comes season 3 which is 6/10 at best. Very different, very typical , very hollywoodian as if it was made for Fox Crime, rather than an original show. There were some new faces doing some of the same stuff we already had seen, then we had none of the tension, just some pointless action and pointless pathetic scenes. Hell, it was more like watching Titanic than a crime drama.
Thankfully they got back on the track in Season 4, which was super. It went quite well, back to the roots, with some hard core criminal stuff going on. 9/10
and then we got season 5, which turned out to be an action packed movie meets telenovela from Latin America meets Turkish crime show. Very predictable, full of cliches, unoriginal, dead people coming back to life etc. Just a huge pile of mess with some great action sceens but fitted more for an action movie, than this. Everyone turned into a CIA opperative all of a sudden.
Final conclusion, give it a watch, especially Season 1, and maybe 2, and after that you might go directly to season 4 or just stop at season 2 and start watching something else. It started of as a great show, but turned into such a hassle. Such missed opportunity. I mean I gave it 8/10 in total mainly due to originality of the season 1 and the overall idea.