Caïd

Adapted from a film by the same name and turned into a "found footage" style episodic gangster caper Caïd can have a wonderfully kinetic energy to it but often lapses into tropes and rather artificial contrivances. A lot of the time when characters angrily bark "why are you filming this?" you have to agree. The short 10 minute blasts of it can work for and against it as well, and it seems a shame they didn't play with the running times a bit more as the endings can feel abrupt.

It's not all bad though - it's nice to get a glimpse of a fairly underrepresented part of France and I felt for both Franck and Tony, trapped in their violent predicaments by different forces. So yes - not a revelation but certainly interesting and the first French series I've seen the entire way through.

This show is very representative of the French "ghetto" (called "la cité"). The storyline is kinda fast but still surprising. The first three episiodes describe with magic how "le charbon" works, then the story is developped around the main carachter 'Tony'. I enjoyed the show (probably 'cause French is my native language) and wanted to give it a 10 but there were some BAAAAD "actors" who made the show looks like a student project. That makes me wonder ; why would Netflix risk it with a BAD casting?

Just one thing : love it ... a lil bit exag. But love it.

Cameras are moving like very drunk people. Psychedelic experience.

Usually I like this kind of series from urban ghetos ... I was impatiently waiting for this one. But... No, sorry, even if the pitch is not bad, but really simple, the series fall into too stereotypical "clichés". Above all, we hear insults (btw always the same : Son of... and Shut up...) literally every 30 seconds, that's quickly becomes very very very annoying... 5/10 for the effort.