Money Heist (Netflix Version) - Série 5

Had I been rating just the first four episodes, I would have been highly critical. What was that supposed to be? I haven’t seen such a fiasco on television screens for a long time, which is all the more disappointing given that this feeling arose while watching Money Heist. The script was full of tired clichés (you’re gearing up for a special unit strike that’s talked about for two episodes… only for them to turn out to be completely inept). And the ridiculous action, where everyone involved fires thousands of bullets, but no one hits anyone. God. Fortunately, things start to turn around from the fifth episode (that one can really shake things up for the viewer). The final three episodes are some of the best content Money Heist has delivered so far. El Profesor’s plan is finally precise, with no metaphorical holes. The characters finally act reasonably. All of it is accompanied by a top-notch soundtrack. This finally brought back what I loved about the earlier seasons, namely that the series should focus on the story, not on pointless shootouts that don’t fit the context of Money Heist at all. The final roughly 10 minutes brought tears to my eyes. The realization that you’ll never see those characters again. What can you do, life goes on. For me, it’s 7.5/10. (12/17/2021)

The end of a great era. The End Game amongst the series and it's a very worthy, serious, spectacular and impressive five-year ending to something that changed my life, changed my perspective on movies, and had me emotionally choked up and tugging at my balls for five years. The only series I've watched twice and one of the few that contains absolutely every cinematic element, attribute and sub-genre honed to perfection. Money Heist has sex appeal and balls that creates, redefines and enhances the heist subgenre to absolute perfection. For me, the series of all series that made me squint with tension, gasp, cry with sadness and emotion, scream a fan at the world championship during action scenes, immediately pick up pencil and paper during philosophical musings of the Professor, and smile beautifully from ear to ear. The here dialogue was scripted by God himsel, the music was shaped by a genius, the characters were chosen by a master, and the twists were served up by an abnormal talent. I have absolutely no compliants or quibbles about each of the seasons. The finale is once again thought through and once again the creators prove that they are definitely not running out of ideas. It's remarkable to look back at the series, how already in 2017 they knew what was going to happen in season 5. Of course, the series has detractors, but for me it's just a handful of posers who are both trying to make themselves visible, interesting and look more intelligent than the entire crew that was involved in the writing. Ha! Jokes on you bitc*hes. Story 5/5, Action 5/5, Humour 4/5, Violence 4/5, Fun 5/5 Music 5/5, Visuals 5/5, Atmosphere 5/5, Suspense 5/5, Emotion 5/5, Actors 5/5. 100% (12/10/2021)

As expected, it's by far the most action-packed and wildest ending to this legendary European series that has a tendency to look visually spectacular, enhanced by thunderous and high-budget-looking action, but unfortunately, the sometimes slightly un-artistic setting makes it look like the Avengers are fighting aliens in a parallel universe. One could even argue that the whole screenwriting flourish is already extremely far-fetched by the end, and that it often doesn't even remotely correspond to anything that could be called even remotely realistic. However, the gang that operates in the story and goes headlong forward is truly mesmerizing. (07/04/2024)