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Flashback to Santo: Raúl Arévalo and Bruno Gagliasso in an action-packed thriller with a touch of horror

The Spanish-Brazilian crime series Santo will be available on Netflix on September 16, 2022. Carlos López is doing the show, Vicente Amorim is directing. It is the first Spanish film to be shot in both Spain and Brazil. Nostromo Pictures did it. There are 6 episodes in total and each lasts between 43 and 50 minutes.

The cast of the series includes Bruno Gagliasso as Cardona, Raúl Arévalo as Millán, Victória Guerra as Bárbara, Greta Fernández as Susi, Maarten Dannenberg as Olin Hansen, Luiz Felipe Lucas, Iñaki Mur as Guillermo Alonso, Núria Prims, Judith Fernández and María Vázquez as Arantxa.

Santo review

Here’s how Netflix describes the show:

Two cops on opposite sides of the Atlantic search for a dangerous international drug dealer whose face has never been seen.

The Santo review gives nothing away.

It’s a thriller show with occult elements that feel like horror at times. It tells the story of Santo, the world’s most wanted drug dealer, whose face has never been seen. Cardona and Millán, two police officers who are after him, initially disagree. But if they want to solve the case and stay alive, they must learn to work together and understand each other.

At the beginning of the series there is a note saying that the police have been looking for a drug lord who also performs bloodthirsty rituals for years, but nobody knows who this person or the cult leader is. And the episode begins with a scene of violence: two masked bikers shoot a man in a car. Then they take his son from the back seat and set the car on fire.

Here we meet Millán, our first chief operating officer. He was related to the person who was burned to ashes. But the person was a drug dealer, showing that Millán is not a law-abiding police inspector like most. Instead, he’s a cripple. At the same time, in Salvador, Brazil, the headless body of a brainless child is found in the sea.

It is said to be a typical sign of Santos’ work that urges federal agent Ernesto Cardona to join “Santos” gang. The fact that this villain has a lot of power makes this mission very difficult. Knowing that he might have him by his side, but he won’t know who, gives him an innate fear that danger is ever-present.

But the secret mission goes awry because his cover is blown. Months later we find Cardona almost dead in an abandoned factory in Spain. His eyelids are cut open and he has no idea what happened to him. He was last seen with Barbara, who was said to be the mistress of an unseen crime boss. This makes it even harder to guess what might have happened to them.

The series manages to keep the mystery of the crime boss unseen to the end. The bloody rituals of a satanic cult add an air of terror and fear to what is otherwise a typical police spy show.

The story is also about getting back at someone. Each person in the story has a backstory, and each has their own reasons for going about their business pursuing such a dangerous criminal. With some experienced actors working on the project, acting and camera work are on par.

Santo review

Conclusion: santo

The series is packed with action and suspense, but there are also some major problems. Sometimes the flashbacks and jumps in time are difficult to understand without captions. But there are only 6 episodes, and if it takes you up to 3 or 4 episodes to figure out what happened when, that’s a mistake in the story.

Also, the black fade out is used too often, interrupting the story when other transitions could have been used. While it’s clear that Millán and Cardona are the main characters of the story, the female characters feel like they’re only there to help the main cast move forward. Also considering how the series ended, they could have drawn their characters better.

When it came to the end I was honestly surprised and confused most of the time. I had some clues that “this” character was the invisible criminal, but as the show went on I couldn’t believe that was the case. But I’m not satisfied with what I’ve learned about who it is.

Right now you can watch Santo on Netflix.