Although the server was not especially a fan of ‘Los protected’, I did appreciate the adventures of Sandra, Culebra and company. Almost ten years after the end, Antena 3’s fiction returns with ‘The Protected: The Return’, whose first episode (of four) previews Atresplayer Premium in the form of a fan event.
Carlos Garcia Miranda, the man for everything from Atresmedia, takes over from Darío Madrona and Ruth García as creator of this revival of the series after taking charge of another return: that of ‘Physics or Chemistry: The reunion’. If that one was quite aware of what it was, the reunion of the super powerful family leaves a lot to be desired.
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The series begins by showing us the present of the not so young boys: Sandra (Ana Fernández) is a mother, Snake (Luis Fernández) works in the business world, Lucy (Maggie García) writes youth novels with the Castillo as the protagonist, Luke (Mario Marzo) is a virtuoso of music and Charlie Brown (Daniel Avilés) is sullen and lonely.
Separated for eight years, the “brothers” will be forced to reunite under the protection of Mario (Antonio Garrido) when Sandra’s daughter is kidnapped, Dora (Cosette Silguero). The bad children have returned and have sworn revenge.
A series anchored in its origins
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Little defense can be made of ‘The Protected: The Return’ except perhaps that Gracia Olayo is always worth seeing, contributing salt shaker and eating the couple of scenes in which it appears. Something quite necessary and that serves as a balm to a first stagnant episode.
We could say, of course, that it seems that time has not passed. At least at the level of special effects that seem to have been made with the same 2010 software. However, technical and visual issues aside, what happens the most to the series is in the narrative as a whole. Not only the script, but also the realization (and even the editing), is clumsy.
It is badly narrated, with scenes that directly have not been able to get along and that stumble when it comes to showing what is happening (a sequence towards the end comes to mind especially confusing being relatively simple). This coupled with bad dialogue, flat characters and mediocre performances finish the chronicle of a disastrous new beginning.
Nor is it that the original series was a wonder in this sense, since suffered from the classic symptoms of national television at that time. But having spent ten years, this return is anchored in the schemes of then.
Which is a shame, because ‘The Protected: The Return’ it is somewhat far from being able to transcend its audience and draw the attention of the curious. Although I have no doubt that their fans will be able to enjoy the return of the Castillo Rey, what Atresplayer premieres is a missed opportunity.
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