Cóyotl: Héroe y Bestia

Last night, I watched episode 1 of Coyotl, and I really liked it. While watching it, I couldn't stop thinking that this strange mix of superheroes and drug trafficking in northern Mexico is what Robert Rodríguez always wanted to do but never quite pulled off. This is a blend of '80s B-movies with all of Mexican subculture. Coyotl is a bizarre series where a victim of drug trafficking is brought back to life by a shaman and gains the powers of a coyote, becoming a sort of werewolf or were-coyote who confronts cruelty and injustice. It sounds like an absurd cliché, and it is, but the backdrop is extremely realistic, the characters are endearing and well-developed, and the staging is spectacular. Coyotl is fun, not too serious, but it has soul.