The Mechanism

TV-MA

16 episodes2 seasons

US Release

Overview:

A scandal erupts in Brazil during an investigation of alleged government corruption via oil and construction companies. Loosely inspired by true events.

Created by:

José Padilha & Elena Soarez

Status:

Ended

Language:

Portuguese

First air date:

3/23/2018

Last air date:

5/10/2019

Key words:

Seasons

Season 1

8 Episodes

Season 2

8 Episodes

Cast

Selton Mello

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Marco Ruffo

Caroline Abras

~ as ~

Verena Cardoni

Enrique Díaz

~ as ~

Roberto Ibrahim

Jonathan Haagensen

~ as ~

Vander

Osvaldo Mil

~ as ~

Luis Carlos Guilhome

Lee Taylor

~ as ~

Claudio Amadeu

Antonio Saboia

~ as ~

Dimas Donatelli

Otto Jr.

~ as ~

Juiz Paulo Rigo

Susana Ribeiro

~ as ~

Regina Ruffo

Alessandra Colasanti

~ as ~

Wilma Kitano

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Reviews (1)

Bazzjazz
Written 7 year(s) ago
7
The Mechanism as a series over 8 episodes is probably just enough of the series and hopefully that’s where it ends.

Look there’s some great true based threads from Brasil and the corruption.

However, the little intricacies that were really unrealistic were the jail scenes where the entire syndicate were detained in a most unlikely jail setup. Reminded me of the jail cells in a an western film. Male and female prisoners in the same jail row.

It was pretty captivating for the first 5 episodes then I found it a bit tedious and repetitive.

Although it was refreshing to see a series that hadn’t come off the Hollywood machine. And it wasn’t the ‘ready mix’ formula we’ve been Force fed.