The Brazilian actor’s rendition of Pablo Escobar is quite good but his performance seems to be constantly positioning his character for his doomed foreshadowing.
The storytelling is okay but it struggles along the way with telling straightforward historical true stories within the confines of episodic television, typical to almost all of Netflix dramas and all American TV dramas for that matter.
Because it was based on the true story of Pablo Escobar, every fan of “Narcos” already knew that the character shall meet his demise in Season 2.
Those who are familiar with the drug war on Columbia knew right from the start that Pablo Escobar already has a sealed fate.
Escobar was an unforgettable force in Season 1 because of the great performance of Wagner Moura. In fact, the Brazilian actor was even nominated for a Golden Globe early this year.
While Moura is a very important anchor in “Narcos,” showrunners Eric Newman and Jose Padilha made the hard call to move the story forward without the show’s main actor. They explained that the TV series is titled “Narcos” for a reason because had the show been about the Columbian drug lord, they should have titled it as “Pablo Escobar.”