Serie Los Magníficos ●

This is the recurring theme: The magnificent execution of a rotten objective. Director Juan Pablo Posada (known for La Cebra ) uses a muted, desaturated palette. Bogotá is not the colorful, magical realist city of Gabriel García Márquez; it is a gray, rainy labyrinth of concrete and corrugated steel.

The series argues that the "War on Drugs" created a permanent class of violent entrepreneurs who cannot be reintegrated. The Colombian state, in the show’s universe, is corrupt and weak. The police are either incompetent or on the payroll. The military is underfunded. Thus, the Magníficos fill a market void. serie los magníficos

However, the series deconstructs this formula. In most American procedurals, the team wins and goes home for a beer. In Los Magníficos , winning is a moral defeat. This is the recurring theme: The magnificent execution