A very good and thrilling series about a group of policemen and women who fight against the mafia in Palermo.
In the
first series we meet policeinspector Claudia Mares (Simona Cavallari).
In 1992 she
was a policeofficer and she saved the life of a young girl, who turned out to
be Rosy Abate, the daughter of a mafia family.
We then
fast-forward to 2008. Old friend and colleague Stefano asks Claudia to come
back to Palermo, because something big is going on. Before he can tell her,
Stefano gets killed.
Inspector
Mares becomes the new head of the team, but she does not know if she can trust
them, especially when it becomes clear there is a mole who betrays everything
to the mafia. The only person she trusts is inspector Ivan de Meo. (Claudio Gioè)
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| Claudia and Ivan |
In the meanwhile
Rosy Abate returns to Palermo to get married after living for years in the
United States. Despite herself she is caught up in the mafia affaires of her
brothers.
The second
series picks up where the first one ended. Claudia Mares is still the head of
the antimafia group, although she has a new team (funny how it is never
explained where the others went to).
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| The new team |
The new team must learn to trust eachother
quickly, since it soon becomes clear old friends cannot be trusted anymore and
perhaps a betrayer was on the right side all along. The secret service also
wants to play a part, but they have their own agenda.
And Claudia Mares has to
fear for her life, since the Abate family now wants her dead.
Squadra antimaffia is very thrilling and exciting and although
the episodes are long (1 ½ hour each), you never get bored. Each episode also
ends with a cliffhanger that made me throw the next dvd into the dvd-player immediately, since I
needed to know what would happen next.
The
storylines are very good and the actors are also amazing. This makes Squadra
antimafia a series worth watching. I also liked to see actors again I
recognized from other Italian films and series.
Beautiful
images of Palermo (looks like a wonderful city) and plenty references to the
history of the mafia and the people who fight against it, also make you feel
this is real.
Unfortunately
only season 1 and 2 were brought out in The Netherlands, and there are 7
seasons already in Italy. I hope the other ones will also be brought out here,
because this is a series I would really like to watch until the end.
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