El Candidato
TV Series2020Returning Series

El Candidato

Taste attributes: action & adventureactionthrillerfastlightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingrescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeVery fast and heightened: an accessible action-adventure series, low-key rather than stirring. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

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What lines up

  • Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it
  • Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
  • Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow

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Synopsis

Rookie CIA field operative Isabel Alfaro works alongside infamous CIA legend Wayne Addison to bring down Rafael Bautista, Mexico's most vicious and brilliant narco. Her mission brings her into conflict with Eduardo Yzaguirre, her former boyfriend and the current Mayor of Mexico City, the cleanest and most inspirational politician in the country.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

rescue/escape/jeopardy

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

James PurefoyEréndira IbarraJosé María de TaviraJoaquín Cosío

Details

Genre
Action & Adventure
Year
2020
Runtime
53 min
Status
Returning Series
Studio
Redrum Production
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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