Ten friends in a drug cartel pursue power and money, leading to relentless, gritty, and tragic betrayals.
Suspenseful and bleak. A full-attention watch at full speed. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Netflix.
No surprises for a TV-MA: moderate sex and nudity, and brutal violence.
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The Cartel follows ten friends, all of them members of a dangerous drug cartel, whose ambition for power and money will cause them to eventually kill each other. For it is an undeniable truth that, in this business, you always lose.
No. Brace yourself.
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