TV series

El marginal

2016–2022 · 5 seasons

Claustrophobic and brutal, it keeps you tense with shifting alliances and sudden violence inside a corrupt prison world.

Overview: An ex-cop entered a prison as convicted under a false identity in order to infiltrate within a group of prisoners that has just kidnapped the teenage daughter of an important national judge.
How it feels: Dark, tense, bleak and cynical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Crime, corruption, power, survival
Content: Strong violence, gore and language. Mild sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
corruption
power
survival
betrayal
Places: prison
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild