Yankee

This isn't to the standard or "Breaking Bad" or "Narcos". The acting is sub-par at best and the plot is very limited, and weak. It's a series to put in your queue when there is nothing else to watch.

Yes, there's some "poor acting" perhaps. Arguably. But that's peripheral. Some good characters. Some intriguing and interesting plot lines with unexpected turns. Well produced. The 37 or so minute episodes are a great length for a quick hit-up or a fully- fledged binge. I'm hoping there are more seasons ahead.

Malcolm Moriarty is a Spanish speaking American living in Arizona; he plays a small part in the local drug trade. Following a confrontation that puts a police officer in hospital with life threatening injuries he uses his contacts to make his way to Mexico. Here he quickly needs to prove his worth; he comes up with an idea to improve the movement of drugs over the border... this impresses some in the cartel but others are less keen on this interloper from north of the border. It isn't long before tensions are rising and even more people start dying. As well as the Cartel he has to worry about US law enforcement determined to bring him to justice for the assault on an officer.

It must be stated that this is fairly light-weight fare; certainly not in the league of 'Narcos: Mexico' or 'Breaking Bad'. That said I found it a fun way to pass the time. There are plenty of clichés; Moriarty, nick-named 'Yankee', gets to high levels in the cartel unrealistically quickly; most law enforcement officers on both sides of the border appear to be corrupt to some degree and Moriarty seems to survive a surprising number of attacks... at least he gets hurt, sometimes seriously. The acting is decent enough, at least to this non Spanish speaking viewer. There is a decent amount of fairly exciting action. Overall I wouldn't call this a must see series but it passes the time well if you enjoy the genre; if a second season is made I'd watch it..

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

I think the actor playing the main character does a good job in this. The writing isn't fantastic, but its decent. The writing (and acting) for the U.S. officers is pretty cringe-worthy across the board. The worst is definitely the head ICE agent (Wolf's boss)... not only is the writing bad, but he goes in and out of a Canadian accent which is just weird. I'll keep watching - hopefully it returns and gets a few fixes in season 2.

I watch anything to do with drug wars, especially Netflix box sets and even 160 episode tele-novellas! This is by far the worst yet.

Despite good acting and decent characters / central story, the individual episodes and plot just aren't believable - so it's been ruined by bad script writing making it like watching paint dry. Half way through, not sure if I can bear the rest - might watch the picture test card instead!