One Line Review: Had the potential to be more accurate but still worth a shot.
Youtube Trailer Jaguar
Starring: Blanca Suárez, Iván Marc
Director: Blanca Suárez
Release Date: 22 June 2021
Introduction
Continuing the Dark trilogy review, we’re discussing season two today. Comparing to the first one, this season is way more thrilling and confusing at the same time. A real treat to the eyes.
Plot and Analysis
Isabel (Blanca Suárez) will soon meet four other men with whom she will be able to collaborate despite their differing views on various issues. As a result, the traumas, fears, and complexities of each character will be brought to light without losing sight of the central plot point: obtaining justice beyond the desire for vengeance.
The vast majority of the perpetrators of the Holocaust were never brought to justice, and as Europe began to rebuild, these officers fled. They didn’t hide because they lived in the open, were accepted by the governments of other countries, and lived in Jaguar, which is located in the country of Spain. Despite the fact that very little is said about why.
Because the general public is aware of the bloody reality on which this fiction is based, the tone of the series is respectful despite its obvious dramatization and avoids being excessive visually in its depiction of it. The script conveys the documentary-like eagerness of the series, and the plot is based on espionage and intrigue, with character sketches interspersed throughout.
Summary of the plot
Isabel Garrido ( Blanca Suárez ), a survivor of the Mauthausen death camp, follows the trail of Bachmann, the most dangerous Nazi in Europe. You will soon discover that you are not alone in your mission. Lucena ( Iván Marcos ), Castro ( Óscar Casas ), Sordo ( Adrián Lastra ) and Marsé ( Francesc Garrido ) will help him do justice. ( Netflix )
True, but not realistic
In recent years, this period of Spanish history has been brought to the public’s attention through audiovisual media, thanks to films such as The photographer from Mauthausen (2018), which tells the story of Francisco Boix’s life. Jaguar, on the other hand, has a unique mix in which the viewer will not be able to tell what is wrong in particular. Buuel has a wink in his eye when it comes to truthful facts and data, both political and cultural, so there is a wink in his eye when it comes to Bunuel.
A sense of anachronism or unreality will pervade the staging, which will detract from the overall impact of the production, particularly in relation to the character of Oscar Casas. As for the fiction, two women talking about something other than their husbands would not have been particularly exotic, given that the character of Smurfette is a recurring theme throughout the novel.
Close calls with the creativity
The series came dangerously close to falling into the trap of creating inhumane and cruel villains, caricatures that could detract attention away from the serious issues of criminal justice. In lieu of lessons on good and evil as inherent qualities in the human being, Jaguar saves the reflective toll for confronting a group of cold-eyed soldiers, a large sum of money, alcohol, and an accent in German. In spite of the fact that these characters explain the heinous consequences, they do not delve into the causes and political decisions, complete with names and surnames, that led the Spaniards to those concentration camp camps.
Finally, I’d like to say…
Despite the fact that it appears to be historically accurate on paper, the staging undermines the credibility of a production that is committed to historical justice. Other moral and human conflicts will be represented along the way in this search for non-vindictive justice, such as the role of God and faith in the cruelest episodes of human history, or whether taking a life reduces humanity to the level of the perpetrator.
