White Lines

I didn't really know what to expect from White Lines considering all the mixed reviews but the more I actually read some of the reviews the more I thought I'd give it a chance. I'm glad I did because I found it pretty entertaining. It's about a woman named Zoe Walker (Laura Haddock) who leaves her quite life behind to go find her missing brother in Ibiza. There she gets into trouble and finds danger as she investigates her brothers disappearance. Nuno Lopes as Boxer steals the show. He is easily the best thing going in this show. They could actually do a spin-off on his character and it would be successful because so many people like his character. If you're bored and looking for a good thriller then give this a try!

I didn't really know what to expect from White Lines considering all the mixed reviews but the more I actually read some of the reviews the more I noticed all the low scores were from the same two type of people. The first are the people who rate everything a 1 or 2, click on their reviews and you'll see that 90% of their reviews are negative. Some say they only watched 10mins but based an entire series based off the first 10min of the first show! The others are bots from competing streaming services that rate everything Netflix does low regardless if it's good or bad. You can tell those by the things they say like "Netflix makes another terrible show," even though Netflix has had more Oscar, Golden Globe, Emmy, etc award nominations than any other company on the planet! I do have to say that the first episode wasn't that good and I almost gave up but I stuck with it and glad I did because it got a lot better!

The premise of the story is a good one, Sister heads to the white island of Ibiza as her brothers dead body has been discovered 20 years after he went missing. She heads out to try and find out what happened to him.

The locations for filming on the Isle and the beauty of Ibiza shines through on screen in most scenes and is a reason to continue watching.

But what is it, a murder mystery ??? Yeah in a sense, a voyage of self discovery, yeah its that as well, is it a comedy, well there is comedic scenes peppered throughout, Is it a drama about feuding families, tick, is it about the clubbing scene in Ibiza, tick that box, is it a parody, at times yes.

This is its problem it is all over the place following many different side plots and side themes. You barely get a feel for any of these ideas or stories as many never go deep enough.

The soundtrack is a mish mash of old and new but nothing fits into the period of music at the relevent times not that it's bad music but it never seems to feel right.

The acting is so so, some good some bad some awful, The only really charasmatic performance is for a character called Boxer who makes the show worth watching.

There is lots of nudity and sex of course being set in Ibiza but again it all comes across a little contrived.

If your looking for Nostalgia then it does not capture the time at all, most of it is set in the present day anyway with occasional flashbacks.

Overall it's not terrible but nothing special or great either. The main reason I continued to watch was the scenery and the character Boxer by the end I didn't care what the circumstances of her brother's death were.

Really enjoyed this, despite it starting off a bit cheesy and cliched.

Ignore the one and two star reviews. Those people uploaded so early, they probably only watched one or two episodes and didn't give it a chance.

You have to wait until around episode 4 for the 'who dunnit' part to properly kick into the story.

The scenery is stunning, as you'd expect and the non English actors are incredible.

An addictive bilingual binge. Perfect for 2020 when none of us will be going back to Ibiza :(

Enjoyed the music, beautiful scenery and most of all, the character of Boxer. I like how everything was wrapped up neatly in the end.