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This eight part Brazilian series is set in the city of Foz do Iguaçu, just across the border from the Paraguayan city of Ciudad del Este. Our protagonists are Benício, a police officer who lost his former partner during a prison break and new partner Suellen. A major robbery takes place over the border and suspicion falls on 'The Organisation'; a criminal band thought to be behind the prison break. These are very violent criminals; they storm into cities, heavily armed, and dominate the streets till the job is done and they vanish into the countryside. DNA may help identify culprits and link crimes but catching them still won't be easy.

I thought this was a really exciting series. There is plenty of action throughout and a real sense of danger, even for major characters. The action is impressively varied with exciting shootouts, car chases and even some waterborne action. It is quite violent at times; these criminals aren't soft on those who cross them. The characters are great; we follow both police and certain criminals, seeing events from both sides without glorifying the criminals. Certain aspects of the story are wrapped up after the eighth episode but other details are set up for further seasons; I hope it does well enough to get more. The cast does a fine job bringing their characters to life. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to fans of action packed drama.

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

I sincerely cannot understand the bad reviews of this series.

While it isn't the best series I've seen, it's definitely not the worst. I find it very fast paced, with a different plot than other gang movies/series and very nice to watch.

It's what one would expect form a Jason Statham movie - maybe with more credible happenings. Both the police and the villains have great ideas and aces up their sleeves.

The acting is okay, the effects also. Just give it a try if you're looking for this kind of series/movies. Now I need to start looking for similar titles. Hopefully I find something as good at this :)

The series is set in a region on the border between Paraguay and Brazil, an area with a high crime rate. Although not explicitly advertised as based on a true story, the core theme of bank heists involving professionals with high-caliber weapons is a reality in Brazil, as seen in the recent case in the city of Criciúma. With a good cast from the main part, it serves as an action series and provides a glimpse into the complex situations at the borders of Latin America.

The actors in the main group are good, and the use of individuals who actually live within the favelas for the secondary characters despite a mediocre performance, is immersed in a familiar environment amid funk parties and the slang used.

If not, I mean, if there is not a second season - which I am not sure of - so then this series is totally smashed by a cheesy ending, an ending destined to sissies, squeamish under and over fifties housewives...Why such an ending, UNLESS of course if a second season is already "in the pipes" as we say in France, in preparation, or even writing. For the rest, this plot is absolutely my stuff, high scale, XXL armed robbers - not grocery nor gas stations robbers - heavily armed, acting like special forces commandos, and in front of them hard boiled cops whose technicalities in terms of investigation are very well explained, with details galore.... And as you can guess, HEAT is also obviously a material which this series is inspired from, besides also actual events.

Shooting a movie in Brazil in troubled neighborhoods is not an easy task, and the production did it big time. In certain sections and the street shots, it looks like a docu-film. The careful and invested production, including the chases, do not fall for any American film. The acting of all the actors is natural and reliable. The plot is fascinating, and I had a hard time understanding in which criticism here there are points of boredom? I watched all 8 episodes on binge and couldn't stop watching. Definitely a good Netflix police action series, and the low overall score as well as for excellent French/ European movies or series is due to ignorance and prejudice.