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As a comparison in quality, suspense, acting, I'm taking into consideration Dogs of Berlin, since this is also a German Netflix production, and the series is pretty decent. (8/10).

This one here, Skylines, is truly a mixed bag. A combination of good a not so good ideas, but the ones that are good are very predictable. If you a musician or simply enjoy rap, you might like this. This was one of the only points that were more of less interesting, specially if you a producer yourself.

The first season is endurable, but it lacks any kind of suspense building up, and also here is non when passing from one episode to the other. There will be clearly a second season, but to be honest I doubt I will pick up where I left.

All in one, watchable if you don't have high expectation or want something special. Skip it or watch it. The first episode it a good measurement on what to expect the whole first season. Episode by episode. It stays the same. No more, no less.

So, after Netflix suggesting me this series ( and I must confess never heard of "Criminal" before), I almost instantly pressed play since I'm a huge fan those types of series, specially if interrogations are the main focus.

20 min in the very first episode, and I was already checking the time, in order to see if there would be any development, but unfortunately, the only trigger was in the end, and a very light one. Started the second one hopping it would get better, but, oh my, same dry hollow and predictable development as in the first episode.I even watched the third episode, or better; tried, but.. hell... I truly never saw such predictable and hollow series like this one. The acting is more or less fine. Almost as good as a very low budget B movie. But that's not even the kicker here. The script, the scenario.. so shallow... uff.. it's depressing to watch seriously..

I reckon that if for some reason you like the "Criminal" series, you might enjoy this one. Somehow. For anyone else, please just avoid and spare your brain-cells to commit mass suicide.

"There are amazing stories about Freddie Mercury," he explained. "The guy was wild. " However, Baron Cohen learned that these stories would not make the film. "They wanted to protect their legacy as a band."

• Baron Cohen

That said, and having watched the movie with zero expectations since Sasha dropped the project, (not because of him dropping but for the reasons explained above), I must just confirm that he was dead right. Actually this movie could have been directed by Disney. This movie failed on so many levels, including massive distortions of well known facts that it is almost depressing to watch. Besides all the distortions which include the revelation of his diagnose just prior to the Live Aid performance, the band is characterized as angels sent to earth. There is not a single point in the movie that focus on the chemistry between the elements, and everything is reported on a very superficial level, that is actually sickening to watch after a while. The shots feel loose, and not connected at all, focusing just on some key events that are both distorted and close to the actual thing.

For those that know the Biopic of Jim Morrison "The Doors", let me saw that that's what a Biopic should be like. Admittedly, being a bit far from perfect, a movie from the 90s actually trumps this one completely, and in every single aspect. In the end, it's not even about the lack of explicit or let's say, a more deeper look in to the wild side. It is the craft itself that failed completely. From poor dialog to the plastic cast, from the bad writing to the loose direction.

I fail to completely understand all those high scores in here, but I guess they are; a) people that actually never saw a lot of movies in their life, and; b) not true Queen fans. Would this be the case, the score in here would actually match those of the critics. As a Queen fan myself I'm kinda disappointed, but again, I wasn't expecting much to begin with.