Years ago, Ali killed Murillo's son. During the funeral, Murillo, a convict, staged an escape during which a shootout ensued and a cop, Alice's dad, died. Murillo at some point died in Venezuela and his charred corpse is used to ID him.
In the present, a guy, nicknamed the Indian, is brutally trying to take over Ali's turf and introducing crack onto the streets and taking out Ali's nephews who run the business as Ali lives in Dubai. But all the carnage forces Ali to return to Marseilles.
Alice, now a cop herself, has herself transferred to Marseilles and put in a special unit that deals with all these crimes in unorthodox ways, which makes the unit's relationship with the chief rather tense. The unit is run by Lyes, a childhood friend of Ali, since both grew up in the same housing project. For this reason, IA is building a case against Lyes.
Sure enough, back in the day, Lyes made a deal with Ali for information, to keep drug trade centralized and in control, to keep other drugs like crack away, and to keep relative peace. But the increasing bloodshed complicates things for everyone.
The first task for our unit is to find the source of the crack/the Indian and they use kids, young fences, to try and get closer and closer, but the Indian usually outsmarts them. In the process they discover that the Indian's partner/boss is none other than Murillo. Alice knew he was alive and seeking revenge was her motivation for transferring to Marseilles, but she doesn't share that info with anyone else. Once the unit discovers that Murillo is alive, he becomes their target as well. Yves knows a girl who is connected to Murillo, and surprisingly to Lyes as well. All the while they're sort of trying to keep Lyes tries to keep Ali out of things but warns him to better go back to Dubai otherwise he'll have to go after him. Ali has his hands full dealing with the constant brutal attacks by Murillo and the Indian that's decimating his family while planning revenge attacks. Along the way there are some surprises.
I love Marchal's work, I loved Rogue City, a great movie that clearly inspired this series. I love Marseilles as a setting. The bad guys are all fascinating characters, the story is excellent, Jeanne Goursaud is gorgeous, cinematography is outstanding. The weak part is the casting and the character's of most of the cops. There's the ridiculous Tatoo who'd be out of place as a janitor at a police station, let alone an elite unit cop. Arno is a big dude, but he too seems to be afraid of his own shadow. There's some lesbian girl who acts more the part, and Alice who belongs on a fashion runway. Lyes is the only somewhat believable cop character. But they all act like regular goofs with no awareness of their surroundings and taking zero precautions in spite of being obvious targets and all the slaughter around them. There's some holes in the story or silly plans by the cops to do something that could be done in much smarter ways.
Aside from that, this series in excellent, intense, exciting and shouldn't be missed by anyone who likes crime action thrillers. Can't wait for season 2.
In the present, a guy, nicknamed the Indian, is brutally trying to take over Ali's turf and introducing crack onto the streets and taking out Ali's nephews who run the business as Ali lives in Dubai. But all the carnage forces Ali to return to Marseilles.
Alice, now a cop herself, has herself transferred to Marseilles and put in a special unit that deals with all these crimes in unorthodox ways, which makes the unit's relationship with the chief rather tense. The unit is run by Lyes, a childhood friend of Ali, since both grew up in the same housing project. For this reason, IA is building a case against Lyes.
Sure enough, back in the day, Lyes made a deal with Ali for information, to keep drug trade centralized and in control, to keep other drugs like crack away, and to keep relative peace. But the increasing bloodshed complicates things for everyone.
The first task for our unit is to find the source of the crack/the Indian and they use kids, young fences, to try and get closer and closer, but the Indian usually outsmarts them. In the process they discover that the Indian's partner/boss is none other than Murillo. Alice knew he was alive and seeking revenge was her motivation for transferring to Marseilles, but she doesn't share that info with anyone else. Once the unit discovers that Murillo is alive, he becomes their target as well. Yves knows a girl who is connected to Murillo, and surprisingly to Lyes as well. All the while they're sort of trying to keep Lyes tries to keep Ali out of things but warns him to better go back to Dubai otherwise he'll have to go after him. Ali has his hands full dealing with the constant brutal attacks by Murillo and the Indian that's decimating his family while planning revenge attacks. Along the way there are some surprises.
I love Marchal's work, I loved Rogue City, a great movie that clearly inspired this series. I love Marseilles as a setting. The bad guys are all fascinating characters, the story is excellent, Jeanne Goursaud is gorgeous, cinematography is outstanding. The weak part is the casting and the character's of most of the cops. There's the ridiculous Tatoo who'd be out of place as a janitor at a police station, let alone an elite unit cop. Arno is a big dude, but he too seems to be afraid of his own shadow. There's some lesbian girl who acts more the part, and Alice who belongs on a fashion runway. Lyes is the only somewhat believable cop character. But they all act like regular goofs with no awareness of their surroundings and taking zero precautions in spite of being obvious targets and all the slaughter around them. There's some holes in the story or silly plans by the cops to do something that could be done in much smarter ways.
Aside from that, this series in excellent, intense, exciting and shouldn't be missed by anyone who likes crime action thrillers. Can't wait for season 2.