I loved the narrative I loved the tribal cult like aspects of this I love the jungle setting I loved the slowly being revealed bits and pieces the more you watch.. but the end is very disappointing... Could have been a nine star for me if it had a better ending...
The premise is cool and very predator themed with a team going into the jungle to take out a target. I wont go into the story as I don't want to give spoilers but all in all it's pretty solid. The problem is it turns from an action series into long drawn out scenes that involve walking around in caves, jungle and abandoned buildings. These scenes at first are useful to build tension and jump scares are well placed and not over used but after a few episodes it becomes obvious that it's just padding to stretch out the run time. There are no answers to anything along the way so by the last few episodes I really didn't care what was going to happen because I suspected there weren't going to be any real answers. It could have easily been edited down to a long but action filled movie. It's worth a watch but be ready to skip a whole bunch of boring bits.
Fast forward first class action. Great score and editing. No melodrama at character building. Feels like it was done with real jungle commando survival guidelines. Amazon backdrop is as real as it can be as experienced by south americans in Colombia or Brazil. Tropes? Yeah, it'a flick aftera all, but not the usual pop culture wiki catalog archetypes.
Started with potential plot action but quickly descended into going around in circles from repetitive long winded stalking jungle and terrain in defensive mode. Zzz. I stopped watching after episode 3. Adios... Zzz.
Great idea to mix the best from the original Predator (1987) and The Hill Have Eyes (1977), two of my favorites. Also, most of the action remembered me two of the best video games: Call of Duty and Resident Evil.
So, overall the result is powerfully visual. Great action survival horror series. Hopefully season 2 will give us more answers.
