Release Year – 2016

Genre – Thriller, Drama, Action

Cast – Alice Braga, Hemky Madera, Alfonso Herrera, Veronica Falcon, Justina Machado, Peter Gadiot, Gerardo Taracena, Joaquim de Almeida

Directed by – M.A. Fortin, Joshua John Miller

Produced by –  Robert J. Wilson Lorenzo, O’Brien MAtthew J., Lieberman Judd Rea

Seasons released so far – 4

IMDb Ratings – 7.9/10

Rotten Tomatoes – 68%

Story line –

This is a powerful story of Teresa Mendoza who is a woman in her early 20s who comes to the US as her drug dealing boyfriend is murdered in Mexico and she wants to avenge his death. Little did she know that her life was about to be changed forever. She then seeks refuge in Dallas after which she is set to run a drug cartel all on her own. She faces near death experience many many times but she is always saved.

Our Views –

This series focuses more on women taking incharge and changing the rules of the game and these things are done very flawlessly.

This is definitely a worth watching show for numerous reasons like it’s full of suspense, drama,  good scenes, good acting and ofcourse Alice Braga herself!! 

When you initially start watching, the first episode will give you the “Narcos” vibes and it might be what you might say is a lady narcos.

As the starting shows us how Teresa runs away from a drug cartel and then held as a refugee and there we can see all the action that we possibly can and then the rate of action declines as the plot matures. At the very first scene the end is shown where Teresa is already running this business and she on the top.

Her aura in the whole series is that of a lone wolf, a lioness and a fighter who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. She is loyal, she wants revenge in the start but later she is calm and she learns about herself that this is what she is made for.

Though the story revolves around Teresa Mendoza but the important part is played by Camila Vargas and Epifanio. The reason for putting this one in the Hispanic section is of course of its Mexican culture influence and its more than self explanatory of being in this section.