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[ENG + ESP] Lupin season 2 (7/10) - Assane Diop always has his way.

Review by @dedicatedguy · 1847d · of Lupin

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I began to watch this French series early this year and was surprised to see only 5 episodes being released in the first season. It wasn't announced as a mini-series, and regular series tend to have more episodes per season. The good thing was that the second batch of episodes would be released soon enough in June.

Since I watched the first season I have been thinking this Lupin character could have been a perfect member of the Ocean's gang. I am talking about the group of talented robbers from the Ocean's trilogy that are always robbing casinos in the most insane ways. Lupin would fit perfectly with those characters.

The first season ended with a cliffhanger that left the main character in a very complicated situation, probably the most challenging one he has faced in a long time. I enjoyed the first season enough and was expecting to enjoy the second one as well.

Main names associated with the series

Since this is a French series, there won't be many well-known people working on it. However, I do think most viewers will be able to recognize the main actor Omar Sy because he achieved a high level of popularity thanks to a movie he did several years ago called The Intouchables. He has also participated in other good films such as Inferno, Jurassic World, and X-Men: Days of Future Past.

The series has 4 different directors which was kind of surprising because there are only 10 episodes and the tone among the episodes doesn't really feel much different. Louis Leterrier is one of the directors and he has worked in excellent films in the past. Now You See Me, and The Incredible Hulk are hist 2 most popular movies that I am sure most people have seen or at least heard of.

Another director is Hugo Gélin, this one doesn't really have much experience and Lupin is the most important production where he was worked as a director. His other productions are either short videos or little-known films or series that didn't get much traction.

There is also Ludovic Bernard, who doesn't have much experience as a director, but he does have a lot of experience working as an assistant director, which I believe should be of big help when working as the main director of a film or series. As the main director, just as in the case of Hugo, he doesn't have much experience. Lupin is the most important production, and the other ones are very unknown movies. On the other hand, he has worked as an assistant director in major productions such as Lucy, Taken 2, Taken 3 among other ones.

Finally, we have Marcela Said, who also directed 2 episodes of the Narcos series from Netflix. That series and Lupin are her 2 most important jobs so far as a director.

When it comes to the writers, there are too many to mention them all but the main creator of the show is George Kay. He has been constantly working as a writer for TV series since the mid-2000s. He worked in a couple of episodes of the series Killing Eve, and in many other major shows such as My Mad Fat Diary and the Criminal anthology series. This person has been very successful so far, and Lupin is probably his most important success.

Comencé a ver esta serie francesa a principios de este año y me sorprendió ver que solo se lanzaron 5 episodios en la primera temporada. No se anunció como una miniserie, y las series regulares tienden a tener más episodios por temporada. Lo bueno fue que el segundo lote de episodios se lanzaría lo suficientemente pronto, en junio, así que no había que esperar mucho.

Desde que vi la primera temporada, he estado pensando que este personaje de Lupin podría haber sido un miembro perfecto de la pandilla de Ocean. Me refiero al grupo de talentosos ladrones de la trilogía de La Gran Estafa que siempre están robando casinos de maneras muy locas. Lupin encajaría perfectamente con esos personajes.

La primera temporada terminó con un suspenso que dejó al personaje principal en una situación muy complicada, probablemente la más desafiante que ha enfrentado en mucho tiempo. Disfruté bastante de la primera temporada y esperaba disfrutar también de la segunda.

Nombres principales asociados a la serie

Dado que se trata de una serie francesa, no habrá mucha gente conocida trabajando en ella. Sin embargo, creo que la mayoría de los espectadores podrán reconocer al actor principal llamado Omar Sy porque logró un alto nivel de popularidad gracias a una película que hizo hace varios años llamada The Intouchables. También ha participado en otras buenas películas como Inferno, Jurassic World y X-Men: Days of Future Past.

La serie tiene 4 directores diferentes, lo cual fue un poco sorprendente porque solo hay 10 episodios y el tono entre los episodios realmente no se siente muy diferente. Louis Leterrier es uno de los directores y ha trabajado en excelentes películas en el pasado. Now You See Me y The Incredible Hulk son las dos películas más populares que estoy seguro de que la mayoría de la gente ha visto o al menos escuchado.

Otro director es Hugo Gélin, éste realmente no tiene mucha experiencia y Lupin es la producción más importante en la que trabajó como director. Sus otras producciones son videos cortos o películas o series poco conocidas que no tuvieron mucha tracción.

También está Ludovic Bernard, que no tiene mucha experiencia como director, pero sí tiene mucha experiencia trabajando como asistente de dirección, lo que creo que debería ser de gran ayuda a la hora de trabajar como director principal de una película o serie. . Como director principal, al igual que en el caso de Hugo, no tiene mucha experiencia. Lupin es la producción más importante, y las demás son películas muy desconocidas. Por otro lado, ha trabajado como asistente de dirección en grandes producciones como Lucy, Taken 2, Taken 3 entre otras.

Finalmente, tenemos a Marcela Said, quien también dirigió 2 episodios de la serie Narcos de Netflix. Esa serie y Lupin son sus 2 trabajos más importantes hasta ahora como directora.

Cuando se trata de escritores, hay demasiados para mencionarlos a todos, pero el principal creador del programa es George Kay. Ha trabajado constantemente como guionista de series de televisión desde mediados de la década del 2000. Trabajó en un par de episodios de la serie Killing Eve, y en muchos otros programas importantes como My Mad Fat Diary y la serie de antología llamada Criminal. Esta persona ha tenido mucho éxito hasta ahora, y Lupin es probablemente su éxito más importante.

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As we can see, there is enough talent in Lupin for it to be an enjoyable watch, but the lack of experience in some of the directors could have some consequences that affect the overall quality of the series.

What was the series about?

The series follows the main character called Assane Diop. He is an adult man who has an obsession with the fictional Lupin character since he was a little boy. Lupin is a character from books that always figures out a way to get away with his plans. He is a robber but he doesn't physically hurt people. It could be said he is a robber with strong ethics.

Assane has some trauma in the past because his father was falsely accused of a crime, and this ended up causing his death by suicide. He knew his father was innocent and makes his life mission to clean the name of his father and bring the real criminal to justice.

The person who falsely accused his father decades in the past is a very powerful and wealthy man. He has good contacts inside the police and is also friends with powerful politicians, so he is well protected and can pretty much do whatever he wants.

Assane begins to learn about Lupin by reading all of his books. He gets obsessed with becoming the real-life embodiment of the Lupin character, and with enough time, he does become a super talented robber. One that is always ahead of anybody else.

As I mentioned before, the first season ended with a cliffhanger moment and it was the first time we saw this character really worried and with a disadvantaged position. However, his problems don't usually last much. There is always an ingenious solution waiting for him to discover it, and what's crazier is that he usually comes out with his plans on his own. He has a good friend that helps him, but this friend is just a regular guy and not really an expert robber like Assane.

Throughout the show, Assane is seen by the public and by the police as a dangerous criminal. They don't know what Assane is really doing, and much less who the real criminals are. Assane will need to battle not only this wrong image of him, that forces him to hide from the police but also the criminal group who is willing to do anything to silence him.

When I watched the first season I thought his skills were exaggerated. I mean, I have never seen a robber being so many steps ahead of everyone else, not even the Ocean's trilogy is like that. Assane can be in the most difficult situation and always finds a way to trick his adversaries as if they were children. This happened in the first season, but during the second season, this exaggeration got even worse.

Como podemos ver, hay suficiente talento en Lupin para que sea una serie disfrutable, pero la falta de experiencia en algunos de los directores podría tener algunas consecuencias que afecten la calidad general de la serie.

¿De qué trataba la serie?

La serie sigue al personaje principal llamado Assane Diop. Es un hombre adulto que tiene una obsesión con el personaje ficticio de Lupin desde que era un niño. Lupin es un personaje de los libros que siempre encuentra la manera de salirse con la suya. Es un ladrón pero no lastima físicamente a la gente. Se podría decir que es un ladrón con un fuerte sentido de la ética.

Assane tiene algún trauma en el pasado porque su padre fue acusado falsamente de un crimen, y esto terminó provocando su muerte por suicidio. Sabía que su padre era inocente y decide que su misión de vida sea limpiar el nombre de su padre y llevar al verdadero criminal ante la justicia.

La persona que acusó falsamente a su padre décadas atrás es un hombre muy poderoso y rico. Tiene buenos contactos dentro de la policía y también es amigo de políticos poderosos, por lo que está bien protegido y puede hacer prácticamente lo que le de la gana.

Assane comienza a aprender sobre Lupin leyendo todos sus libros. Se obsesiona con convertirse en la encarnación real del personaje de Lupin y, con el tiempo suficiente, se convierte en un ladrón súper talentoso. Uno que siempre está por delante de los demás.

Como mencioné antes, la primera temporada terminó con un momento muy intenso y fue la primera vez que vimos a este personaje realmente preocupado y en una posición de desventaja. Sin embargo, sus problemas no suelen durar mucho. Siempre hay una solución ingeniosa esperando a que él la descubra, y lo más loco es que suele crear sus planes él solo. Tiene un buen amigo que lo ayuda, pero este amigo es un tipo normal y no un ladrón experto como Assane.

A lo largo del programa, Assane es visto por el público y por la policía como un criminal peligroso. No saben lo que realmente está haciendo Assane, y mucho menos quiénes son los verdaderos criminales. Assane tendrá que luchar no solo contra esta imagen incorrecta de él, que lo obliga a esconderse de la policía, sino también del grupo criminal que está dispuesto a hacer cualquier cosa para silenciarlo.

Cuando vi la primera temporada pensé que sus habilidades eran exageradas. Quiero decir, nunca había visto a un ladrón estar tantos pasos por delante de todos los demás, ni siquiera la trilogía de La Gran Estafa es así. Assane puede estar en la situación más difícil y siempre encuentra la manera de engañar a sus adversarios como si fueran niños. Esto sucedió en la primera temporada, pero durante la segunda temporada, esta exageración empeoró aún más.

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The worst moment happened in a narrow hall. Imagine this: a criminal is being persecuted inside a building, all the police and security workers are looking for him, one of them finds him in a narrow hall, and even though the security person knows this criminal always has some tricks to escape, he allows the criminal to touch his gun because it "has the safety on" and the criminal said he was going to switch it off. What Assane really did was obvious, instead of switch off the safety button, he switched it on and escapes by running away while the security guard is unable to shoot him. I mean, I don't think even a kid would fall for this silly trick right?

The series is full of moments like that where Assane easily outsmarts everyone else. After a while, it gets tiresome because everyone else ends up looking a bit dumb every time they face Assane, and it isn't like his tricks are mind-blowing every single time.

Season 2 finishes the main plot that began in season 1 and does it in a satisfactory manner, but I guess there can be enough potential stories left for a new season. However, I am not sure this show can continue to be enjoyable enough with all that exaggeration related to Assane's skills.

How were the performance from the cast, the settings and the camera work?

Omar Sy is a very charismatic author so no wonder why he was chosen to play the Lupin character. He does a good job for the most part, but in a handful of moments, his performance seemed a bit artificial and not entirely authentic. The rest of the cast was ok too, nothing great but the performances were acceptable.

The settings were good. The show happens in the same city but there will be events inside catacombs, in an isolated huge house, and of course inside fancy buildings. The settings were completely appropriated for the type of story we were watching.

The camera work didn't feel very special. There was a good transition when Assane is getting inside a huge box, but apart from that, the camera work was very normal. I didn't like the fact that some of the important tricks from Assane happen off-camera, but since they are usually exaggerated I guess it was too hard to show them on the screen in a credible manner.

Final thoughts

Lupin can be a good show to watch, and it will be fun in the beginning, but I think that with time some viewers might become bored with it. There is nothing that can stop Assane from fulfilling his plans, and even the use of basic tricks can save him from difficult situations.

I would recommend giving it a try if it seems like something it can entertain you, and if you get bored with it, have in mind there are no surprises in the show so it is easy to guess what will happen in the end.

El peor momento ocurrió en un pasillo estrecho. Imaga esto: un delincuente está siendo perseguido dentro de un edificio, todos los policías y trabajadores de seguridad lo buscan, uno de ellos lo encuentra en un pasillo estrecho, y aunque el personal de seguridad sabe que este delincuente siempre tiene algunos trucos para escapar, permite que el delincuente toque su arma porque "tiene el seguro puesto" y el delincuente dijo que se lo iba a quitar. Lo que Assane realmente hizo fue obvio, en lugar de quitarle el seguro, se lo pone y escapa huyendo mientras el guardia de seguridad no puede dispararle. No creo que ni siquiera un niño caiga en este tonto truco, ¿verdad que no?

La serie está llena de momentos como ese en los que Assane supera fácilmente a todos los demás. Después de un tiempo, se vuelve aburrido porque todos los demás terminan pareciendo un poco tontos cada vez que se enfrentan a Assane, y no es como si sus trucos fueran muy alucinantes.

La temporada 2 termina la trama principal que comenzó en la temporada 1 y lo hace de manera satisfactoria, pero supongo que pueden quedar suficientes historias potenciales para una nueva temporada. Sin embargo, no estoy seguro de que este programa pueda seguir siendo lo suficientemente disfrutable con toda esa exageración relacionada con las habilidades de Assane.

¿Cómo fue la actuación del elenco, la ambientación y el trabajo de cámara?

Omar Sy es un autor muy carismático, por lo que no es de extrañar que haya sido el elegido para interpretar al personaje de Lupin. Hace un buen trabajo en su mayor parte, pero en unos pocos momentos, su actuación parecía un poco artificial y no del todo auténtica. El resto del elenco también estuvo bien, nada genial, pero las actuaciones fueron aceptables.

La ambientación fue buena. El show ocurre en la misma ciudad, pero habrá eventos dentro de catacumbas, en una enorme casa aislada y, por supuesto, dentro de elegantes edificios. Los escenarios fueron completamente apropiados para el tipo de historia que estábamos viendo.

El trabajo de la cámara no se sintió muy especial. Hubo una buena transición cuando Assane se está metiendo dentro de una caja enorme, pero aparte de eso, el trabajo de la cámara fue muy normal. No me gustó el hecho de que algunos de los trucos importantes de Assane sucedieran fuera de cámara, pero como suelen ser exagerados, creo que era demasiado difícil mostrarlos en la pantalla de manera creíble.

Reflexiones finales

Lupin puede ser un buen programa para ver y será divertido al principio, pero creo que con el tiempo algunos espectadores se aburrirán. No hay nada que pueda evitar que Assane cumpla con sus planes, e incluso el uso de trucos básicos puede salvarlo de situaciones difíciles.

Recomendaría ver esta serie si parece que puede entretenerte, y si te aburres ten en cuenta que no hay sorpresas en la historia, por lo que es fácil adivinar lo que sucederá al final.

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The Best
Lo Mejor



  • It can be entertaining at times.
  • Puede ser entretenida a veces.

The Worst
Lo Peor

  • The skills of the main character are exaggerated.
  • Las habilidades del personaje principal son exageradas.


Review: AAA
In numbers: 7/10

Crítica: AAA
En números: 7/10
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Comments · 5

  • @jcrodriguez🏆#20 🔥11 🎵740 🎬356 📺185 📚4(79)· 1847d

    No he terminado de ver los episodios de la segunda parte, se me ha olvidado jajaja luego que los vea regreso para terminar de saber tu opinión.

  • @bigcarrillo(71)· 1847d

    Hello... When I saw its first 5 episodes they blew my mind to a certain extent and I want to clarify that we are not facing a work of art or that it is the best series you will see in 2021, but what I am sure of is that they will keep you hooked for a while until you reach the moment when some scenes or stories do not catch you enough and you lose the charm.

    I have to be realistic and I can't cover the sun with a finger when I don't like something I have to say it, the series may have some fractures in its rhythm and lack of that resource that is used to keep the viewer fooled and that at the last hour den turned that can get you a WOW!, although in those last 5 episodes of a total of 10 we can have scenes that present situations almost impossible to get out and that you may think that they will have no solution somehow or other manage to turn it around, but that do not cause amazement, as they seem a little forced and convenient.

    It can also be noticed in some moments where the dialogues between some characters did not end up to fit or close a cycle and that gave so long that it seemed that they were looking for time to fill spaces, of course this did not happen recurrently, but it did affect the action scenes or moments of tension that could have been better if they had omitted some things. For example a scene where Diop's best friend Benjamin (Antoine Gouy) was in trouble and calls him on the phone to help him out of the predicament, but the talk became so predictable that if they had let him execute the action without so many spoilers it would have been great.

    But it is a series that can be enjoyed from start to finish, I hope that in its third part it will bring us new emotions and a more inntrrsan villain.

    Cheers! 👽🎬✌️

  • @poshtoken(88)· 1847d

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  • @juanvegetarian(69)· 1847d

    Great work on reviewing this series. I watched it on Netflix and I have to agree that Omar Sy would be an interesting addition to the Ocean's films. I did have to fast forward on some scenes that I felt were too slow. It's a nice series to watch on a weekend or on days when you have to kill time. !PIZZA

  • @unbiasedwriter(75)· 1847d

    I really liked your comparison in which you could imagine Assane as a part of the Ocean's crew... so true :) And yes, it can be stupid at times, just like with the gun - if you have a building in which you know that Assane is at run, wouldn't more guards watch out for him and be aware of him, even though he changes his haircut? That felt stupid!