La Máquina

The director is amazing, but the writers, are awesome. The fact that Diego and Gael are longtime friends make their dialogues truthful and crazy, at the same time. In real life, do they talk like that? We can wonder. There are scenes so beautifully filmed (in the carrousel), and then others, are just shocking (at the funeral). The premise of the show, that boxing is arranged by "them" is convincing, yeah. Honor mention to Eiza as the journalist/divorced-wife. Gael is not fit as a boxer, but you can believe he is a decaying one. Diego, under all that make-up, is amazing. You cannot miss this show in Spanish.

The show tries to be many things. All of which would've made a compelling show had they fleshed them out, or at least just focused on one. The writing fails to turn Diego Luna into the Saul Goodman character they want him to be. The prosthetics are incredibly distracting and add nothing to the story. Gael Garcia sleepwalks through the entirety of his performance. The reporter aspect of the story lacks depth. The show wants to create a sense of tension, but one is never invested in the characters enough to care, and even if somehow you were able achieve the feat of caring about them, the writing does not create the sense of frenzy a show like this requires to build tension.

I highly recommend this show. Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal have great quemistry. This show is something between. A drama, comedy, thriller. The acting it is too notch. Also the music is amazing. The emotions are so real and so idonsincratic of the Mexican culture. The coach from Cuba is amazing. You can easily binge this show. I just paid my hulu subscription to watch this show and it was totally worth it. This is a real show not like tell me Lies which is a ridiculous show. If you have a Hulu subscription watch this show. Gael and Diego are the heart but all the supporting actors are incredible as well. Highly recommend.

The stories of boxers are very worn out, this production does not stand out with anything new, it is more of the old, the strength that the tragic life of a boxer requires is not seen on the screen, it looks stiff and does not embody the essence of what a boxer lives, it is approached superficially.

On the other hand, the story does not contain those twists that catch the viewer, from the beginning you know what the script is about. The absence of drama is evident. The protagonists appear overacted and the conflicts are simple and lack the rough edges that real life presents... If you have nothing better to do you could watch this TV series.

I just finished watching this with my brother and have to say that I enjoyed La Máquina even more than I expected to. I knew that I would probably like it going in because I'm a sucker for any movie/series that has to do with sports and because it has a fantastic cast. It stars Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal and Eliza Gonzalez. All great actors. It's about an aging boxing star named Esteban "La Máquina" Osuna (Bernal) and his shady manager, Andy (Luna), who gets him one last title shot despite his decline age and having memory problems. But in one of La Máquina first fights his manager made a deal for his opponent to throw the fight, unbeknownst to La Máquina. Now those same shady people who fixed that fight are back and threatening La Máquina to throw the biggest fight of his career. Every episode continues to build suspense to the point where you can't wait to watch the next episode.