Hello, my friends, today I want to share with you my impressions about this series, which I confess I did not know existed until recently, it is the second part of Pasión de Gavilanes, which was very successful with its first part back in 2003 when it was aired, this release was highly requested and expected by the fans, and after its release it generated many expectations in the audience that obviously expected something equal or even better than what was seen before. This new stage comes with a completely different format, as well as the locations, although it retains much of the original cast, but if you have not seen it yet, the inevitable question arises: is it as good as the first part?

Hola ¿Qué tal, amigos míos hoy deseo compartir con ustedes mis impresiones acerca de esta serie la cuál, les confieso que no sabía que existía, sino hasta hace muy poco tiempo, se trata de la segunda parte de Pasión de Gavilanes, la cual tuvo muchísimo éxito con su primera parte por allá en el 2003 cuando fue emitida, este lanzamiento fue muy pedido y esperado por los fans, y luego de concretarse generó muchas expectativas en la audiencia que evidentemente esperaba algo igual o incluso mejor que lo visto anteriormente. Esta nueva etapa llega con un formato completamente distinto, al igual que las locaciones aunque conserva buena parte del elenco original, pero si no la has visto aún surge la pregunta inevitable ¿es esta tan buena como la primera parte?

It's important to clarify that the first part of this story is based on a Soap Opera by the same writer, Julio Jimenez, called "Las Aguas Mansas" (very good by the way and maybe at some point I will tell you about it) The writer made an adaptation of his own work of 1994, giving this time a completely fresh and different air, most of the action takes place in the Elizondo's ranch in a westerm environment. The father of the family, tired of the rigidity and puritanism of his wife begins to have an affair with a young girl named Libia Reyes, the youngest of four brothers, the man who is obviously much older than her, makes promises of marriage that obviously can not fulfill, to top it off Mr. Elizondo dies, leaving Libia pregnant. When she discovers that her "fiancé" was married, she goes to the Elizondo's ranch to talk to the family, but Gabriela (the wife) humiliates her and expels her from the hacienda, which is why, feeling alone, lost, abandoned and unable to bear the feeling of having disappointed her brothers, she decides to commit suicide by throwing herself off a bridge. Mad with rage and pain, the Reyes brothers decide to infiltrate the Elizondo ranch, pretending to be workers in order to carry out their plans for revenge, but end up falling in love with the family's daughters.

The story in the second part is still focused on the protagonists of the first part but, the children take more protagonism, the format is different, the photography is also different, now it presents colder tones instead of the warm ones of the first part, and this is maybe because we no longer see on screen such arid locations, the performances are still great, really each actor knows his character so well that, despite having spent almost 20 years since the first part, it is not difficult for them to feel identified, but BUT the problem lies in the story and some other aspects that (in my opinion) I feel it is disappointing, for example, the beginning is quite but quite slow and frustrating, it starts with the murder of someone, but the police are framing Norma and Juan's children, however as a viewer you don't know if they are guilty or innocent because you don't know them yet and there was no preamble to let you know them, the whole first chapter is about watching these three men running away 🤷‍♀ 🤦‍♀

La historia en la segunda parte sigue estando enfocada en los protagonistas de la primera parte pero, los hijos toman más protagonismo, el formato es diferente, la fotografía también es diferente, ahora presenta tonalidades más frías en lugar de las cálidas de la primera parte, y esto tal vez se deba a que ya no vemos en pantalla a locaciones tan áridas, las actuaciones siguen siendo geniales, de verdad que cada actor conoce tan bien a su personaje que, a pesar de haber pasado casi 20 años desde la primera parte, no les resulta difícil sentirse identificados, pero PERO el problema radica en la historia y en algunos otros aspectos que (en mi opinión) siento que es decepcionante, por ejemplo, el inicio es bastante pero bastante lento y frustrante, comienza con el asesinato de alguien, pero la policía está incriminando a los hijos de Norma y Juan, sin embargo como espectador no sabes si ellos son culpables o inocentes porque no los conoces aún y no hubo ningún preámbulo que te permitiera conocerlos, todo el primer capítulo se trata de ver a estos tres chicos huyendo 🤷‍♀ 🤦‍♀

On the other hand, the grandfather Martín who was previously played wonderfully by Julio Medina (in Las Aguas Mansas) and Jorge Cao (Pasión de Gavilanes) this time is played by Germán Quintero who does a good acting job, I have no complaints, the problem is in the script, I feel that they destroyed the character of Martín Acevedo, who used to be cheerful, somewhat libertine and talkative. I understand that after almost 20 years he doesn't have the same energy but... now he's nothing more than a nutcase with premonitory dreams who keeps predicting like a character in a García Márquez novel.

Por otra parte, el abuelo Martín quien previamente fue interpretado maravillosamente por Julio Medina (en Las Aguas Mansas) y Jorge Cao (Pasión de Gavilanes) en esta ocasión es interpretado por Germán Quintero quien en materia de actuación hace un buen trabajo, no tengo quejas, el problema está en el guion, siento que destrozaron el personaje de Martín Acevedo, quien solía ser alegre, un tanto libertino y dicharachero. Comprendo que luego de casi 20 años no tenga la misma energía pero... ahora no es más que un chiflado con sueños premonitorios que se la pasa augurando cual personaje de una novela de García Márquez.

The soundtrack on this occasion is not too bad but..... God! It's not even half as good as the previous one, friends, I'm not usually a lover of the tex mex genre, except for some Selena Quintanilla songs, but seriously I liked almost all the songs in the first part of this story, Rosario Montes made more than one person dance, not only in the Alcalá bar but also behind the TV screens, now instead it's..., boring. Also, it is inevitable to highlight the fact that (in my opinion) they destroyed the theme "Fiera Inquieta" which was the main theme of the first part, which before had a cumbia tex Mex rhythm and now became a fusion with urban genre that gives you the impression of watching another Telemundo series based on narcos, sorry if I hurt susceptibilities but it is my opinion, it is more of what we hear in series like "Sin Senos no hay paraíso" and all the others.

That's right, friends, when a second part of a project is made, there are many aspects that must be taken into account so that it doesn't end in failure, it already happened with Ugly Betty, which despite having all the original cast failed terribly, and I think this was mainly due to the fact that it was broadcasted very quickly (very soon after the first one) and in this case obviously this would not be the reason since the second part is broadcasted much later, in this case the main reason for the failure lies in the script, although I admit that there is an interesting arc around Franco Reyes.

Así es, amigos, cuando se hace una segunda parte de un proyecto, hay muchos aspectos que se deben tomar en cuenta para que no termine en fracaso, sucedió ya con Betty la Fea, que a pesar de tener a todo el elenco original fracasó terriblemente, y creo que esto se debió principalmente al hecho de que fue emitido muy rápidamente (muy poco tiempo después que la primera) y en este caso obviamente esta no sería la razón ya que la segunda parte es transmitida mucho tiempo después, en este caso la principal razón del fracaso radica en el guion, aunque sí admito que hay un arco interesante entorno a Franco Reyes.

This has been all friends, if you have previously seen some of the works of the wonderful Colombian writer Julio Jimenez as Las Aguas Mansas or his adaptation "Pasión de Gavilanes" I do not recommend this second part at all, or maybe yes so you can judge for yourselves, do not be carried away by my opinion because you must remember that tastes are relative.