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Hola amigos, buenas vibras para todos.
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Hello friends, good vibes to all.
In these times we are living an era where remakes are gaining an important boom, not only at the level of series but in cinema in general, movies from 20 years ago are being resurrected and reformulated to bring them back to life. But, why is this happening, is it that the culture is dying and there is no capacity to create something from scratch, the novelty is forgotten? - The answer to that is not very clear but what is certain is that we must be prepared because things like this will not be the last we are going to see. The movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie came out in 2005 so as you can see 19 years later we have this new version.
This story begins with the Smiths, John (Donald Glover) and Jane (Maya Erskine) who are two former agents who were recruited for this new assignment. They had to give up their identities and old lives in order to perform better in this new role. What role? - Well, that of being a spy and at the same time being a happily married couple; the thing is that many times combining work with the eventual love life that may arise can end up being a lousy idea. Nothing is known about the agency that brought them together, the only thing known is that they are contacted to carry out certain missions that depending on their way of doing things can be complicated or not.
As the plot progresses, little by little they realize that certain feelings begin to surface even though they are against it, they begin to argue over little things, to love each other more than they should, and this can only lead to problems in the end. So what we will see throughout the 8 chapters is how two spies try not to "kill" each other while they are in the middle of a mission. The reality is that this series can be categorized as action and yes, it has it, but there is also a black and very acid comedy which is very cool, as long as you like that kind of genre.
Personally it is a series that surprised me a lot, it is very clever how they managed to merge the couple's problems so well with the whole plot and there are some missions that enhance and give more depth to what they are living. And all this hand in hand with a comedy that as I said is very acidic at times and that has as a pillar Donald Glover who for me is a genius in what he does and Maya with whom I was very happy, his performance is very top and according to the context of the series. It is acidic not because it is offensive but because it is, and I repeat, intelligent, it takes advantage of situations to create dialogues and interactions that are really very funny.
As I said there is also action. It has its good chase scenes, shootings, hand to hand fights and the typical espionage scenes that are wrapped with an aura of intrigue and expectation. But not everything is like that, there are episodes where the personal and couple aspect take control and can be very interesting, there is one in particular that involves a couple therapist that is very good, if you have already seen it you will know what I mean. It is a very sentimental series when it wants to be, sometimes even cynical, until the comedy comes in to finish the whole thing so that in the end the result is very good. And last but not least there is something that caught my attention, the cameos.
Úrsula Corberó, Wagner Moura, Sarah Paulson, Alexander Skarsgard, are some of the great actors and actresses that appear here. All of them in a very specific role but they really fill the series, they complement it in a very cool way. If we talk about the characters we have to say that both Donald and Maya are spectacular, the chemistry between them is abysmal, I already knew his potential but hers left me pleasantly surprised. Good in comedy, both are genuinely funny even when they don't want to be; in action because they had some scenes where they had to show off certain skills and at the end when it came to interpreting everything they fulfilled it with flying colors.
It is a series that does not bore at any time, very well done, a good story and with a totally open ending that does not make it clear if it will continue or not. I give it a 9/10, it has everything to be something like The Bear or The White Lotus but we'll see where they want to take it. It is available on Prime Video, there are 8 chapters of 45-50 minutes each. I'll leave the trailer here so you can take a look at it.
Bueno amigos por hoy es todo, espero que les haya gustado. ¡Un abrazo a todos, nos vemos en la próxima!
Well friends that's all for today, I hope you liked it. ¡A hug to everyone, see you next time!



