With Apple TV+’s Pachinko and HBO’s My Brilliant Friend reigning as TV’s best current scripted shows, this has already been a big fall for non-English originals.
La Máquina, dubbed Hulu’s first Spanish language original series, doesn’t quite hit those creative heights. But the genre-defying underdog sports conspiracy/melodramatic comic thriller could find a bigger audience with its mostly zippy pace and array of reasonably unexpected twists — as well as its always-welcome reunion of longtime friends, collaborators and production partners Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna, whose star wattage easily carries this six-part limited series.
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The Bottom Line Likably all-over-the-place.
Airdate: Wednesday, Oct. 9 (Hulu)
Cast: Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Eiza González, Jorge Perugorría, Andrés Delgado, Karina Gidi, Dariam Coco, Lucía Méndez
Creator: Marco Ramirez
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