Yankee

Malcolm Moriarty is a Spanish speaking American living in Arizona; he plays a small part in the local drug trade. Following a confrontation that puts a police officer in hospital with life threatening injuries he uses his contacts to make his way to Mexico. Here he quickly needs to prove his worth; he comes up with an idea to improve the movement of drugs over the border... this impresses some in the cartel but others are less keen on this interloper from north of the border. It isn't long before tensions are rising and even more people start dying. As well as the Cartel he has to worry about US law enforcement determined to bring him to justice for the assault on an officer.

It must be stated that this is fairly light-weight fare; certainly not in the league of 'Narcos: Mexico' or 'Breaking Bad'. That said I found it a fun way to pass the time. There are plenty of clichés; Moriarty, nick-named 'Yankee', gets to high levels in the cartel unrealistically quickly; most law enforcement officers on both sides of the border appear to be corrupt to some degree and Moriarty seems to survive a surprising number of attacks... at least he gets hurt, sometimes seriously. The acting is decent enough, at least to this non Spanish speaking viewer. There is a decent amount of fairly exciting action. Overall I wouldn't call this a must see series but it passes the time well if you enjoy the genre; if a second season is made I'd watch it..

These comments are based on watching the series in Spanish with English subtitles.

Droped into this serie a couple of days ago and last night I just got yhe idea to compare it with musicgroup. 25 episodes 35-40 minutes each. Prettys "high speed" all of them. Like a Raminens-record. 20 songs 1:30-2:30 minutes each song. 1,2, 3, 4....

I agree with all opinions I have read in this review.

The actors trying to do the best of their caracters but on and off a terrible manuscript.

The plot is good and pretty complexed. But to have watched Yellowstone, Blacklist and all thrillers and dramas like them, this is terrible.

But the directors maybe didn´t have that as a priority.

Just do a drogdealerserie, high speed handling and the most of the viewers just watched what is happening and doesn´t care about the manuscript.

Maybe.

But I wonder if there´s more to come ? E25 didn´t look like that was the end of the show. Or is it an S2 coming soon ?

Looking fwd to it, allthough. The plot is very exciting :).

Greetings from Sweden.

Look.. its not breaking bad good.. but its still has a very interesting story. I could watch up til 5 seasons of this. ITS WATCHABLE. Its perfect if you dont have huge expectations and just looking for an classic netflix series that you want to finish in one day

The dubbing was pretty bad...the plot was typical of Mexican shows. Mean cops and mean drug dealers, throw in a few sex scenes... you have a one season show.

S1:E1 English dialogue is ridiculous, sophomoric, costume design horrific (police shoulder patch 'Arizona Police' while wearing US badge), direction amateurish, production values subpar... Dubbing...! Netflix should to be ashamed.

People in the US do not interact the same as those in Mexico. Cultural differences in law enforcement are not observed.

American bikers do not talk or behave as depicted...