Narco-Saints

"Narco-Saints" is a drama about a man named In Gu. He had a difficult childhood, lost his parents when he was young and had to raise his two siblings alone, so In Gu has always been more concerned about money than anything else. One day his friend tells him about a great job opportunity in Suriname, and the two open a business there. The problem is that In Gu ends up being arrested for drug trafficking and now an NIS agent wants him to infiltrate a cartel to arrest its leader, the pastor.

The drama surprised me positively. I didn't expect it to be good, but it is interesting and captivates your attention, but there are some mistakes in the development. The story starts at a good pace, but from episode 3 onwards it starts to drag a bit. In the end, it ends well, but since the first two episodes are great, my expectations were too high. This is another reason why the drama reminded me of "Big Bet".

Even though it's a Korean drama, basically 90% of it is spoken in English or Chinese, so what I can say is that watching this story is really a multicultural experience, besides being able to see the actors practicing their english! HAHAHA'

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Fails to Entertain

I was looking forward to this series. The trailer looked incredible and evoked iconic mafia movies such as Goodfellas. It seemed to be just my cup of tea – organized crime, corruption, drug lords, exotic destinations. This is why I was really surprised that I could not even get through episode one.

Organized-crime movies and series are usually flawed in terms of plot and characters. They prioritize being fast-paced, action-packed, and suspenseful over being deep, and the audience accepts this because they succeed in entertaining it. However, when such a story fails to entertain, it goes from being shallow but really fun to being shallow and tiresome. Such is the case of Narco-Saints – it has the flaws of similar stories, and it is also boring.

Episode one introduces us to the main character and embarks on a long, tedious summary of his life until now. It is not clear if the production team actually aimed to film a series about organized-crime. In such stories, suspense is key, but halfway through episode one out of only six, there is still no suspense. The story of the main character's past is unnecessarily long and repetitive, and, despite that, has plot holes. It should have been short and told wittily, as is common in the genre, or, if long, it should have at least been well-written. It is neither.

Furthermore, the initial scene, in which the main character is shown riding a truck through the jungle and whose purpose is to capture the viewer's interest, did not offer any information that could have intrigued me and made me wonder how the main character ended up in this situation.

Overall, the premise of this series has potential, and the actors – at least those whom I saw – are great. However, the story is frustratingly slow-paced and fails to entertain. It might become more interesting in the subsequent episodes, of course. I see that the other reviewers have enjoyed it. I decided to drop it, though, because I cannot help comparing it to the classics of the genre, which are superior in all aspects.

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Uma história bem realista, dava repulsa toda vez que o "pastor" fazia m3rda falando que era um chamado, que era a vontade de Deus 🤮🤮, manooo ele colocava cocaína até no vinho da santa ceia dos fiéis .
Ele simplesmente monta uma seita (já falo assim logo pois as pessoas até dão a vida por ele) .

'Narco Saints' tem momentos bem sangrentos e de deixar na ansiedade para saber no que vai dar.

O único ponto negativo é que não mostra como se resolveu a questão dos fiéis, se foram resgatados, como reagiram, porque ali eles puniam as pessoas com pauladas dizendo que era tirando o satã, que estavam tirando os pecados.... 😡

Esta foi a produção com a maior mistura de idioma que já vi, até português tem no meio kkkk.

Mas resumindo, vale muito a pena assistir.

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