World's Most Wanted

World's Most Wanted is a mini docuseries exploring five of the most wanted criminals in the world- a terrorist, a mafia godfather, a cartel boss to name a few. These are the most dangerous people, coming from different countries and are known to have committed the most horrendous, inconceivable crimes at international levels. They are responsible for thousands of murders and even lakhs in one instance! Highest levels of corruptions, conspiracies, moles being planted in law enforcement agencies, killings of informants- everything appears to have landed straight from a Martin Scorsese movie, albeit this being a reality. Real life pictures and footages of violence and death are shocking, absolutely blood curdling. The FBI, Interpol and many such international law enforcement agencies are after these criminals since decades. What is most disgusting is that aside from Felicien Kabuga- the criminal responsible for Rwandan genocide, all the others are roaming free and we can only hope that justice will be provided to the innocent victims one day.

Way too many unnecessary cut scenes and aerial shots to make these episodes longer. I'm guessing they spent most of their budget filming that trying to fit it all in rather than just give us the information. Interesting cases though so I watched all 5, just could have done without the over production.

Fortunately I watched all the episodes, but the order of their broadcast is curious. If I were Netflix, I would have begin with the Sicicilan godfather (the most exciting and tense) and close with the Rwanda genocide (good episode with happy denouement). Other episodes are OK but could be broadcast in any order. My order of preference : 5,2,3,1,4

A binge worthy series which you can finish in one go, although it uses the same techniques of storytelling which a crime documentary would use. But it still makes it interesting to watch when you consider the scope of the crimes they have committed.

The serie is not about the most « notorious » criminals but the most wanted and this is the good point of the documentary. Not all episodes are equal (Number 1- Ismael Zambada- is not the more interesting and Number 4- Semion Mogilevich- look like a never-ending coarse trailer), but all of them use a lot of great (and bloody) archival shots and documents how these criminals managed to escape the authorities. The last episode- Matteo Messina Denaro- takes place in the same location (Sicily) all 45 minutes long but keep you on the edge of your seat.