Charismatic, feared, and undeniably powerful, the legend of drug lord Pablo Escobar continues to this day. And while countless projects continue to dramatize various portions of his story (including the recent “The Infiltrator” starring Bryan Cranston), it’s arguably Netflix who have succeeded with “Narcos.” The first season of the drug war drama was generally well received, and the hunt for the biggest man in the game continues with season two, and the first trailer has arrived.
Starring Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, and Pedro Pascal, the story centers on the 1980s effort to bring down the criminal kingpin. But it was a battle that played out with bullets, and Escobar was not someone easily intimated. Here’s the synopsis:
Narcos chronicles the gripping real-life stories of the infamous drug kingpins of the late 1980s and the corroborative efforts of law enforcement to meet them head on in brutal, bloody conflict. Its gritty storytelling details the many, often-conflicting forces – legal, political, police, military and civilian – that clash in the effort to control cocaine, one of the world’s most valuable commodities.
“Narcos” season 2 arrives on September 2nd. [Vulture]
