Hotel Cocaine

The review is made after the pilot E01... Some people are stuck in the past, in their favorite movie, and want there to be only one masterpiece that should stand alone and be hailed forever... I say NO! To that... I want fresh stuff and good entertainment, and Hotel Cocaine is exactly that. It's fresh, fun, entertaining and intense, a well balanced series, full of interesting and well played characters that build a solid backbone for this great show, yeah.. I love this, and it got me hooked right from the start. Well made, waiting for more... Give it a try, and see if you get hooked wink wink. Well, I think you will get hooked... :)

Hotel Cocaine has everything you want in a good crime thriller about drug cartels. It has plenty of action, drama, twists, etc. This more than held my attention as I binged watched all 8 episodes over a weekend with my brother. Like others have already said, this isn't as good as Narcos, Queen of the South or some of the other great cartel shows out there but it's still pretty good. My only complaints are the production and editing could be a little better and Michael Chiklis is just flat out awful here. I'm a fan of Chiklis ever since he starred in The Shield but I don't know who this was because it was some of the worst acting I've seen this year. I thought this was going to be a one season show and that's it, but with that cliffhanger at the end it looks like we'll be getting another season which I'm looking forward to.

Don't know why some people are giving it bad reviews. It is based on a true story so it may be bland and boring to some but the storyline and settings is exactly how it was then.

Flim critics don'like it because it is a real story and not made up fantasy.

The acting was good for the most part. I have read critics saying that the main characters acting was bland and had no emotion...well DUH...based on his background and where he came from he had to be cool and level headed. I think Micheal Chicklas character was a little over the top but back then the feds could treat drug dealers and thise associated with them however they wanted. That is just how it was back then.

The characters, the story, the script, the cinematography I love it all !!! The characters are really well portrayed with all their strengths and weaknesses, being who they are, doing what they do and getting by by doing what needs to be done in a convincing way. And most importantly, most remarkable in this present day and age.. a complete absence of w0keness, the scourge of this present day !!!

It's so refreshing to have an old style series about such an interesting period in time with such strong characters.

The good, the bad, the ugly, its all there.. no one escapes being human and exempt of flaws, but they own it and make the best of it !! Refreshing !!!

I found all of them interesting in their own way and motivations, they did a great job portraying their roles.

Sure every now and then there's something obvious about to happen, but then they do try to give it this little twist that you just might not see coming. I enjoyed this series very much.

I just finished watching Hotel Cocaine and have to say I really enjoyed it. I love these narco, drug cartel type shows so this was made for people like me. It was created by the same people that made the amazing Narcos & Narcos: Mexico series on Netflix and the very good Godfather of Harlem. While this isn't anywhere near as good as those three shows it's still good enough to spend your time watching. It's a true story about a Cuban exile named Roman Compte (Danny Pino) who is the general manager of a hotel called The Mutiny, he's also the brother of one of the biggest drug dealers in Florida at the time named Nestor Cabal (Yul Vazquez). When a DEA agent (Michael Chiklis) makes Roman help him arrest his brother all hell breaks loose. As long as you're not expecting it to be as good as Narcos then I think you'll enjoy it.