I was looking forward to this series. The trailer looked incredible and evoked iconic mafia movies such as Goodfellas. It seemed to be just my cup of tea – organized crime, corruption, drug lords, exotic destinations. This is why I was really surprised that I could not even get through episode one.

Organized-crime movies and series are usually flawed in terms of plot and characters. They prioritize being fast-paced, action-packed, and suspenseful over being deep, and the audience accepts this because they succeed in entertaining it. However, when such a story fails to entertain, it goes from being shallow but really fun to being shallow and tiresome. Such is the case of Narco-Saints – it has the flaws of similar stories, and it is also boring.

Episode one introduces us to the main character and embarks on a long, tedious summary of his life until now. It is not clear if the production team actually aimed to film a series about organized-crime. In such stories, suspense is key, but halfway through episode one out of only six, there is still no suspense. The story of the main character's past is unnecessarily long and repetitive, and, despite that, has plot holes. It should have been short and told wittily, as is common in the genre, or, if long, it should have at least been well-written. It is neither.

Furthermore, the initial scene, in which the main character is shown riding a truck through the jungle and whose purpose is to capture the viewer's interest, did not offer any information that could have intrigued me and made me wonder how the main character ended up in this situation.

Overall, the premise of this series has potential, and the actors – at least those whom I saw – are great. However, the story is frustratingly slow-paced and fails to entertain. It might become more interesting in the subsequent episodes, of course. I see that the other reviewers have enjoyed it. I decided to drop it, though, because I cannot help comparing it to the classics of the genre, which are superior in all aspects.