TV Show Reviews
Review of "The
Good Bandit"
AKA "Un Bandido Honorado" 9/1/18 by
Suzanne
airs now on Netflix
This Colombian comedy is in Spanish, but you can watch it with English
subtitles. I know that watching something with subtitles requires extra
work and concentration, but I urge you to try it because this funny little
series is worth it.
This is a farce about a mobster, Emilio Ortega
(Diego Vásquez) who has to go straight. While in
prison, he has a freak accident and dies. He
meets God and St. Jude (his favorite saint), who
tells him that he can get his life back as long as
he is honest from now on (meaning no more being a
mobster, lying, stealing, or cheating on his
wife). His beautiful and long-suffering wife, Milena
(Carolina Acevedo) is all for his redemption.
She's probably the only one who supports him taking
the path of righteousness because she's religious,
too, and thinks it's a good idea (as most wives
would).
His lawyer, Natalia (Norma Nivia, is also
beautiful, but she doesn't want to stop having their
affair. After she gets him out of jail, he resists
all of her advances. His business partners and
other co-workers think he's crazy or that he's not
serious, but they soon come to know that he's
telling the truth about staying on the straight and
narrow path. His teenaged son is not happy
when they have to give up their wealth and nice
house to pay for his debts.
I intended to only watch one episode, but I
really enjoyed it, so I watched a few more. I may
end up binging the whole thing. It's funny, and the
characters are very interesting. You really want him
to succeed in his new business, to show everyone
that he can be an honest man. Check it out!
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MORE INFORMATION:
A near-death experience spurs a feared drug lord to leave
behind his life of crime and infidelity, to the disbelief of
everyone close to him.
The Good Bandit (Spanish:
Un Bandido Honrado) is a
Colombian
telenovela produced and broadcast by
Caracol Televisión, it premiered on June 10, 2019. It
stars
Diego Vásquez and
Carolina Acevedo, along with the antagonistic
participation of
Norma Nivia,
Felipe Calero and
Andrés Toro.
A funny story that follows the adventures of the drug
kingpin repentant, willing to change his life to get away
from the crimes and sins of the past. This story, full of
humor, will tell the situations that a bandit must live who
wants to learn to be good. Your path to redemption will be
complicated, because you must make a great effort to get
away from the temptations that the world brings out of the
law.
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