Rent Narcos: Series 1 (2015)
4.0 of 5 from 131 ratings
7h 54min
- General info
- Available formats
- All series
- Synopsis:
- A 'narco' is a drug lord, and Pablo Escobar was one of the most successful: beginning as a small-time black marketeer in Colombia, by the end of the 1970s he was the main supplier of cocaine to the US. DEA agent Steve Murphy is sent to Colombia on a mission to catch Escobar. Partnered with local agent Javier Pena to help him have Escobar extradited, Murphy is plunged into the middle of a brutal and bloody drug war where one thing is clear - Escobar, aided by corrupt politicians, will stop at nothing to hold onto his power.
- Actors:
- Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Pedro Pascal, Joanna Christie, Maurice Compte, André Mattos, Roberto Urbina, Diego Cataño, Jorge A. Jimenez, Paulina Gaitan, Paulina García, Luis Guzmán, Juan Pablo Raba, Juan Riedinger, Richard T. Jones, A.J. Buckley, Luis Gnecco, Jon-Michael Ecker, Ariel Sierra, Julián Díaz
- Directors:
- José Padilha, Guillermo Navarro, Andrés Baiz, Fernando Coimbra
- Producers:
- Sidonie Dumas, Paul Eckstein, José Luis Escolar, José Padilha, Christophe Riandee
- Creators:
- Carlo Bernard, Chris Brancato, Doug Miro, Paul Eckstein
- Writers:
- Carlo Bernard, Chris Brancato, Doug Miro, Paul Eckstein, Dana Ledoux Miller, Andrew Black, Samir Mehta, Dana Calvo, Zach Calig, Allison Abner, Nick Schenk
- Studio:
- Arrow Films
- Genres:
- TV Action & Adventure, TV Crimes, TV Dramas, TV Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 29/08/2016
- Run Time:
- 494 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Behind the Scenes Featurettes: 'Establishing the Route; "The Colombian Connection'; and 'The Language Barrier'
- Deleted Scenes
- Audio Commentaries
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Descenso
2. The Sword of Simón Bolivar
3. The Men of Always
4. The Palace in Flames
- Special Features - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
5. There Will Be a Future
6. Explosivos
7. You Will Cry Tears of Blood
8. La Gran Mentira
- Special Features - Disc 3:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
9. La Catedral
10. Despegue
- Special Features
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Reviews (1) of Narcos: Series 1
A Brilliant, Authentic Portrayal of Colombian Drug Cartels in 1980s - Narcos: Series 1 review by PV
This is yet another superb TV drama from Netflix, which highlights just haw mediocre terrestrial TV drama by the BBC and ITV is, with its endless woke preachiness.
Here we have a superb drama all about Pablo Escobar drug lord of the 1980s cartel which more or less ran Colombia. The actor portraying him nails it utterly as do all others.
The writing is brilliant, the pace, the plot points. I loved the way some was in Spanish - and this drama may even be watched by the sort of person who usually refuses to watch movies with subtitles.
The inclusion of real news footage of the time was a stroke of genius too.
Music is brilliant, esp the theme tune - a Spanish love song lasting 90 seconds only, which I now cannot get out of my head.
I cannot wait for series 2. BRILLIANT. 5 stars. In the same top league as Breaking Bad and The Americans.,
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