García!

TV-MA

6 episodes1 season

US Release

Overview:

In a present-day Spain, divided and on the brink of political chaos, inquisitive millennial investigative reporter Antonia stumbles on a decades-old conspiracy: the existence of a cryogenically frozen super-agent, García, created in a laboratory in the 1950s by General Franco’s fascist secret services. The old-world collides with the new as García and Antonia must learn to work together as they are drawn deeper and deeper into a political conspiracy that threatens to overthrow democracy and plunge Spain back into brutal dictatorship.

Created by:

Sara Antuña & Carlos de Pando

Status:

Canceled

Language:

Spanish

First air date:

10/28/2022

Last air date:

11/25/2022

Key words:

corruption
cryogenics
based on graphic novel
social conflict

Seasons

Season 1

6 Episodes

Cast

Francisco Ortiz

~ as ~

García

Veki Velilla

~ as ~

Antonia

Emilio Gutiérrez Caba

~ as ~

Don Jaime

Francisco Reyes

~ as ~

Winters

Daniel Freire

~ as ~

Neffenberg

Silvia Abascal

~ as ~

Catalina Bellido 'La Capitana'

Andrés Gertrúdix

~ as ~

Manolo

Diego Martín

~ as ~

Pablo Rodero

Nico Romero

~ as ~

Riki

Pepe Ocio

~ as ~

Gabriel Hernando

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Reviews (1)

M
MovieGuys
Written 2 year(s) ago
4
The first episode of this series is painfully slow. The second episode is better but this series just isn't resonating, with me.

For most of the first episode we get an annoying twenty something, who looks like her mum put a bowl on her head to cut her hair. She wanders about bleating about her failing job as a intern journalist. Then suddenly, she's chasing a vague lead for a maybe story, which involves more aimless wandering about.

The second episode introduces the 1960's agent character in more detail but he just doesn't work. The main reason is he doesn't feel like a secret agent, from that period. He's not amazed, shocked or outraged by modern behaviour, to any measurable degree. This response would have really given this character depth. Instead, he feels like a 60's manikin. He reactions are wooden, soul less and unsurprisingly, uninteresting. Apparently, he does not like guns, well even now, that would place him very much, in the wrong profession.

The feeling you are left with is an at times woke, revisionist interpretation of the past, that's simply unconvincing. It cause is not helped by failed attempts at humour, either.

In short,the standard bland, politically correct, risk adverse fare we have come to expect from Western entertainment. Washed of any colour and life for fear, I suspect, of causing even the slightest molecule of offence.