Review: 'The Marked Woman' on Netflix — A Spanish Cop Drama That Can't Find Its Footing
By
John Serba
A baker's-dozen of insight crammed into one ring.
Summary
A review of the Spanish Netflix thriller 'The Marked Woman' that criticizes the film for being an overstuffed, identity-less cop drama. The article highlights the film's many cop archetypes (bad, corrupt, troubled, stupid) and notes that despite a potentially complex lead character played by Candela Peña, the movie tries to be too many things at once and ultimately fails to leave a memorable impression.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledThe Marked Woman is a Spanish thriller full of cops: bad cops, worse cops, troubled cops, stupid cops, corrupt cops, conflicted cops, clueless cops, cops who shouldn't be cops.
She's complex, is what I'm saying. But I'm not sure the character is done justice in this exercise in convoluted coppery.
The movie tries to be a few things, and ends up being nothing memorable.
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