Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Bandi’ On Netflix, Where A Large Group Of Siblings In Martinique Try To Make Ends Meet After Their Mother’s Sudden Death

Bandi, the new French drama on Netflix, takes place on Martinique, a French-controlled island in the Caribbean. It features a family of 11 siblings that have to figure out how to stay together after their mother’s sudden death. Some of the choices are risky, and by no means unanimous.

BANDI: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT? 

Opening Shot: A trio of men watch from a playground on a high observation point as the clerk at a corner store closes up for the night.

The Gist:  The trio’s goal is to rob the place, and it seems easy to break in. They don’t find much, and a speaker next to the CCTV camera blares with a voice that tells them that stealing from a man named “Milord” is a mistake. One of the men finds a stash of cash and drugs in a garbage can and takes it.

When Milord, who

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