At first the show had some promise but it nosedives very quickly. The writing is really poor and very lazy with numerous plot holes, continuity errors and forced events. Where does Malcolm get all his money when he has only just set out but is sending hundreds of thousands to his wife? Even after a few episodes he is regarded as the kingpin by the US ICE agents and even cartel members which is absolutely ludicrous. There is one scene where he is surrounded by kids and they are talking about waging a war on a rival group, it was a truly surreal moment. Of course, he is a decent human being so that viewers will root for him but he is just the telenovela style, good looking, honest, well meaning guy who happens to work his way up to become a major drug lord just by having an idea and meeting a few bosses.
This is a really irritating tactic the narco miniseries take nowadays, by having the lead be a drug lord yet have this compassionate and moralistic side. It is done to death in Queen of the South.
Yankee also suffers from terrible acting such as the lead actor, the ICE agents, the bikers, the cartel heads, the cartoonist sciracio etc. It is also overly long at 25 episodes and becomes more difficult to watch as the writing becomes lazier and the premise even more far fetched.
The lead actor is, in real life, on a manslaughter charge in Miami, so hopefully this may prevent another season of this rubbish.
This is a really irritating tactic the narco miniseries take nowadays, by having the lead be a drug lord yet have this compassionate and moralistic side. It is done to death in Queen of the South.
Yankee also suffers from terrible acting such as the lead actor, the ICE agents, the bikers, the cartel heads, the cartoonist sciracio etc. It is also overly long at 25 episodes and becomes more difficult to watch as the writing becomes lazier and the premise even more far fetched.
The lead actor is, in real life, on a manslaughter charge in Miami, so hopefully this may prevent another season of this rubbish.