Vis a Vis: El Oasis

Najwa Nimri just rocked it as expected. Not quite happy with the ending but it made sense considering what all these characters went through. The original series is waay better but I am glad they decided to show us their life outside prison. Definitely worth watching.

I think that El Oasis should have only focused in details on the story of Maca and Zule after prison. Instead it features a complicated plot with lots of irrelevant storylines and new meaningless characters. It deviates from the main focus and it doesn't make clear the evolution of the relationship between Maca and Zulema. If the producers had shown how Maca and Zule after prison got together and some heists, it would have been a lot better. I don't understand why a spin-off, whose main aim was to develop the relationship of this fierce duo, was contaminated with a huge amount of irrelevant things. In my opinion it didn't do justice to the original show and to the story of Maca and Zule.

I'll just pretend Vis a Vis ended with season 4.

I loved vis a vis but honestly I don't understand why they've been building Macarena and Fabio's romance for 2 seasons only for it to end the way it did. I thought we'd get to see Fabio in el oasis but the more I read about the spin-off the less hope I have of him returning. I wonder why they cut this romance so fast and so harsh🙄

At first i thought that they shouldn't continue the storyline but after some episodes it is enjoyable . Maca and zule are great actors!

Set a few year after the events of 'Vis a Vis' (AKA 'Locked Up' in the UK) Zulema and Macarena are working together robbing banks, casinos and jewellers. Macarena has decided it is time to end her criminal life but agrees to one last job... they will steal a diamond tiara from a Mexican cartel leader at his daughter's wedding. It will be a big job so they will need more people, including Goya, who they know from prison, and a couple of others. Things don't go according to plan and they find themselves holed up in a desert hotel with a hostage. Here they will have to deal with corrupt cops, a proprietress who has reasons to want revenge on them, a coachload of school children who arrive unexpectedly and the cartel when they learn where everybody is.

I can understand why some fans of the original series didn't enjoy this; however I thought it was rather fun... it was good to see Zulema and Maca again and the story was as over the top as ever. There was plenty of tension and a real feeling that not everybody we knew would make it to the end. There is plenty of action, some of it flashbacks to previous events. The cast do a fine job bring their over their top characters to life, especially Najwa Nimri, Maggie Civantos as Zulema and Maca. The desert setting provided a great atmosphere; as the final showdown approached it gave things a western feel. Overall I'd certainly recommend giving this a go if you enjoyed the original series.

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