Amo

I like it very much! it gives many perspectives for the drug problem of Philippine from young kid hustling on the street, drug dealers to corrupted cops.

Four stars were taken off because of the production value. Everything's pretty low budget.

If you don't know anything about the Philippines, this show is for you. If you kind of know about the Philippines, this show is for you. If you know about the inner workings of Philippine society, this isn't for you.

I honestly thought the series was pretty bad in the storytelling department since there was no main goal for the entire season, but after thinking about the series, I don't think the series is supposed to be about the characters. It's probably about the current state of the Philippines' streets and police force. Joseph, Bino, and Rod are just a vessel for viewers to understand what the Philippines has been going through ever since Ferdinand Marcos' rule. The cinematography, especially in the first episode, highlights this focus. We get glimpses of school life and squatter villages in several long and wide-angle shots. Small montages with rap music mostly highlight life of the people around the main characters while speaking about different affairs in Philippine society. I don't think we're supposed to care about the characters at all, but to learn about the state of the Philippines.

Compared to other Filipino shows (especially on TFC or GMA), Amo is Oscar-worthy, especially for its relative originality, but the production is still pretty low budget. The Philippines doesn't seem to want to invest into its own visual arts, so that's understandable.

If you care about the acting, everyone's much, much better in their native language. If you've ever been around a Tagalog-speaking family and their Tagalog-speaking friends, the main and secondary characters in Amo are pretty much the same as that. Everyone else ranges from absolutely terrible to decent.

Binge-watched the series and found it to be really good. Contrary to naysayers, I find this work as indictment of the current bad state of affairs in the Philippines, especially the war on drugs.

The characters and situations are on point: bad cops, foreign drug dealers, poverty, corruption within government agencies, etc.

Only thing missing is a clear protagonist that viewers can rally behind.

When does Season 2 start?

This is a refreshing Filipino tv series to watch. I liked how it shows the other side of the Philippines and not just the province or the rich side as opposed to typical Filipino series. It shows a part of the Philippines that is often forgotten, the slums. As hard as it is to accept, it shows some of the realities of those living in the Philippines who sells their bodies and/or does drugs. I like how the series is realistic. The acting of the cast are also great! it's a breath of fresh air compared to the acting on mainstream tv. Drugs and poverty is in reality a big problem in the Philippines.

Don't you guys care about what those people who rate 1/10 say because I grew up in a poor slum located in the northest of Brazil and I'll tell you what... This is the perfect representation of what the slum life is like. The acting and pacing here is not the most important, if you lived this you'll know what the directo wants to show. Every single time that the rap band appears they sing about different stages of the criminal life. Watch this and you'll know exatcly what is like to grow up in a slum area where the traffic and gangs are the law and the sole hope to the child who is growing up with any kind of expectations in studies or life, they just want to be recognized by the others and for that they steal, kill, sell and do drugs, etc.