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Very very good, bad gunfight scenes

posted 12 years ago by blount4455
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This series is one of the best I've seen in a long long time (up there with the Sopranos, however different). A bit over the top but they make it work. Beautifully shot and you can't wait to watch the next episode.

But... The gunfight scenes are ridiculous. They are like 30 feet (in some cases like 15 feet) from each other and all the "bad" guys and cops get shot but none of the main characters get hit. Also they point their guns at each other way too much, yea we get it, they are bad guys, and some psycho, but its overused. If they did it a couple times it would be fine, but its like 3 times an episode.

Can't wait for the last 3 episodes to come on HBO on demand, will watch them in a row!

[–] Tuppance76 12 years ago

I completely agree with your comments about the show. We watched a marathon of them, 2 nights in a row, ON DEMAND.

I think it's one of the best shows in a long time, but the gunfights (and there were MANY!) were completely over the top. And I'd also add that the music, though hauntingly beautiful, was played sometimes at inappropriate times.

I can't wait for the next series to find out what happened to............. Won't spoil it for anyone. lol

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[–] badjuju_00 12 years ago

Granted there were more than a few gunfights, I thought the series was incredible. This series actually makes me want to visit Chile - beautiful country.

[–] zwoopmugen 10 years ago

I guess it's because we don't have gunfights in Chile. Ever. Hahaha.

But yeah. The gun pulling is ridiculous, but it kind of averted since it's just one character, and he clearly is a psycho. But even so, such psychos would be disarmed and or killed.

[–] blount4455 10 years ago

I thought this series was one and done, and to my delight there is a season 2! They have seemed to replace the gun scenes with fighting (I've only watched the 1st episode) but that's OK.

The cinematography is still outstanding, and the soundtrack is fantastic. I don't speak any Spanish and it doesn't bother me a bit. I read the "general" review and he said that they are going to do a English based version, and I think that's a fantastic idea. But this version is great as is.

[–] subase 10 years ago

Well realistically even at such distances it's very hard to actually shoot someone, police shootings occur at even closer ranges and U.S police only have a 10% hit percentage.

So realistically in a poorer country like Chile the police would have even less pistol training and as such an even lower hit percentage.

The main characters though are Chilean nationals, and Chile is the richest nation i south america. This means world class combat pistol training offered by neighbouring poorer countries is within their budget. These are taught be ex-special forces military say from Argentina and Colombia. I know for a fact that Australian police go to Argentina to get world class combat pistol training and the same would apply for Chilean nationals.

So quite simply them being better combat pistol shooters than the police and rival foreign criminals (like from Bolivia a much poorer country) makes perfect sense.

[–] Izzyennygood 8 years ago

Season 2 picks up from the end of S1 but goes off in a different direction, as it is revealed that there are some corrupt politicians involved with the the Ferragut family. What entails is a countrywide chase by police who are being "sold out" left right and centre and the reappearance of a long-lost family member. Apart from the deliciouly sadistic Moreno, another assassin, known as La Rioja, tracks the group. Nothing and noone stands still for very long and the director and his cameraman make full use of the many and varied locations used. Intense, gripping and OTT

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