User reviews

I didn't know what to expect with this show. I'm a huge fan of From on MGM+, so decided to give this show a try since it's from the same network. I was worried it was just going to be a cringe knock-off of Lost, but thankfully it's not. The production quality and sets could be better, the acting from the lead characters are good, but the secondary characters could use some better directing. I agree with the other review that there should be more Spanish in the show given where it takes place, and I agree with the other review that bringing in stereotypical politics randomly like that is unnecessary, but we'll see what they do with all the characters to fully judge that. I do find the pacing of the show (at least the first episode) kinda rushed as well. I love the mystery aspect of the show, it's sort of a whodunnit thriller, with there being 10 people who crashed, but there's only 9 are in the morgue. So, I'm guessing throughout the season we have to try to find out who the 10th actually is? Excited to see where this story goes.

Okay. So maybe I am just good at guessing twists in mysteries but I figured this out and knew who the killer was by the fourth or fifth episode. I was just waiting for the finale for it to unveil the way I guessed. It did lead to quite a letdown. I'm not sure if other people guessed what was going on but it took away from the enjoyment for me. There were so many plot holes and unrealistic situations that it became quite ludicrous. The acting was hit or miss, the script not that great. I liked that it was only 6 episodes as any more it would have dragged. I liked the mystery aspect of it but again the reveal was disappointing since I figured it out earlier on.

"Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue" hooks you with the title - sharp, ominous, impossible to ignore - and if you're the kind who leans into a mystery, it promises more than it delivers. The opening plane crash sets the tone, not in suspense, but in budget. It looks patched together, more green screen than grit. And once the survivors stagger into view, the illusion doesn't hold. The jungle feels like a stage. The stakes feel staged, too.

The characters aren't written - they're sketched. Loud types, hollow arcs, the kind you meet once and forget twice. And still, you hang in, maybe because of Peter Gadiot and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson - two actors who know how to hold a scene, even when the writing gives them nothing but clichés to chew on. They show up. The script doesn't.

By the time the story wraps up and slides toward its twisty, slightly unhinged finish, you're not gripped - but you're not checking out either. There's enough absurdity, enough sudden turns, that you don't need to pay close attention to stay mildly entertained.

It's a mess, but a watchable one. And sometimes, that's enough.

I was really enjoying this show up until the final episode. The pacing, acting, and twists had me hooked, and I kept thinking the writers had something clever up their sleeves. But then the last episode happened, and I couldn't believe how lazy the reveal was. I genuinely thought they wouldn't go with the most obvious choice for the killer-but they did. And not only was it obvious, it was downright unbelievable. I get that the entire show leans into the ridiculous, but this ending pushed it into the realm of absurdity. The motives didn't add up, the logic fell apart, and it felt like the writers just gave up. I can suspend disbelief for a good payoff, but this was just a sloppy mess. A complete waste of time and potential.

I had never heard of this series, nor seen any trailers for it. I didn't even read the synopsis, the name was intriguing enough to get me to watch the first episode and I'm glad I gave it a chance.

Can't really make critical judgements after just 1 episode, but it does a good enough job of making me want to watch the next one.

The camera work is good, beautiful vistas, and the actors all seem to give off the intended vibe for their respective characters, although the writers get a little too cliche with the "fat American couple". I mean c'mon, would that "type" really be visiting Guatemala? Unlikely. The tension between the survivors seems to be just enough to be believable without anyone going off the rails or doing something incredibly stupid (yet). You don't need unnecessary over-the-top drama to make something intriguing. A slow build up can be more satisfying.

I'm glad they don't give away too much of the story up front, I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes.

Good old-fashioned TV-show for those who love murder mysteries. Good characters that make you guess who has done it all the time. It feels like an Agatha Christie mystery where the characters sometimes have an intense vibe that makes them more endearing. Great and easy entertainment if you don't try to read too deeply into it and find issues.

As a murder mysteries fan I enjoyed not only the plot and the characters but the oppressive beauty of the Mexican jungle which makes the situation even more challenging. I am looking forward to the last episode and finally finding out what has really happened to them.

I agree with a previous reviewer about the political views and racism in the writings. Although some believe in this stereotype it's just false and wrong.

The acting is sub-par and the visuals of the jungle are about as good as a broadway play. Scenes of the same snake and lizard, wow really? I think a high school drama class could do a much better job.

Tv has gotten to a point where some series are as visually spectacular as a geature length movie. Why MGM has allowed this to air. Is puzzling. So if you are looking for that type of series you will be disappointed. With all the high quality TV today this one ranks at the bottom.

It's trying too hard to seem smarter than it is. And that spoils the spoils the show along with its length, since it probably should have been a 2 hour movie.

Personally, I knew who the killer was right away, but my reason was "it's the only person I recognize, and their playing capacity allows them to play a killer". But as is it's not like it was too obvious. There were hints, of course, but there was enough ambiguity to keep up the mystery, even though overall presentation was kind of "meh". The first 5 episodes felt long with some unnecessary long shots and scenes from different times. It's surprising that the time was not spent to show more of the characters' past and to feed us more suspicions ,maybe that's a blessing in disguise.

When the 5th episode ended, I was thinking, that they went for an open ending, but... No, I had to sit through the last episode, and that ruined everything for me. A big part of that is abundance of cliches from old US "heroic" movies. I won't spoil anything, but you will understand what I mean, when you see them: things that we accepted in the past (and sometimes still do), when movies were not trying to be realistic, but they stick like sore thumbs in this show, that is trying to be somewhat realistic.

I could laugh those off, but not the plot of this episode, which made even less sense. There was a twist, that I did not anticipate (and which made the other twist more predictable), but I did not, because it was stupid. The show was trying to look like there was a complex operation, which went off script, but still was almost per plan. Not literally, but as if the character was so extremely smart that was able to pull things off, but all of it was pure luck and nothing else, and if one was smart, indeed, they would not do such things.

If the show ended at episode 5 - I would have given it 6/10. If the last episode was kind of a "recap" of previous ones from perspective of the killer with ending showing how they "escape justice" all that smart and "cool" - depending on presentation I might have even given it a 7/10. But the stupidity of the actual episode makes it 4/10 for me, maybe 4.5/10.

While this series seems interesting thus far, there are some obvious flaws. First, it's a WhoDunnit with the climax already known... Out of 10 peeps, 9 people will be killed by one of them. So we just watch to see which one of them gets picked off next . There are clues if you haven't noticed as to who the ultimate culprit is / or isn't 1. Mexican authorities rule, one of them has no face ... ahh, is he the guy with the mask? So we can rule him out as a suspect... Fat Lady, no way , I could go on and on however that may be construed as a spoiler. . . Now the good doctor, well he's your guy. Why? A. he never mentioned the symptoms of the pilot dying from asphyxiation. B. when the Fat Lady did, he never concurred or disputed it . Why not? Maybe he's number 10?

The production was high school play quality, the Texas accents were atrocious, the villain was obvious, and the acting was WAY over the top. Oh, and of course they had to inject politics and racial tension for no apparent reason except that we must be hit over the head with it in every single episode of every single show. I'm so bored with that.

This was quite possibly the worst thing I've ever watched and not even in a so bad it is fun kind of way. The number of incredibly stupid continuity errors was truly astounding and no effort at all seemed to be made to show any consistency in clothes and sweat etc.

Just bad.

I thoroughly enjoyed this series. I also loved that it was shot in Houston. It was also convenient to shoot in Mexico since they are neighbors. I would like to see more films shot in Texas but in regards to the series. I was hooked from the first episode. I watched Ep 1 then came to see the reviews to see if I should continue and it seemed mixed so I continued watching and ended up binging the whole thing. This is a great, "Who Done it". There were times where I rolled my eyes, thinking that certain scenes made no sense but if you're patient, they tie up loose ends and explain it all at some point. The acting was great especially from the female DEA and the character who played Cora. I also enjoyed the production. You can tell, however that some parts of the jungle were a built set but it was not distracting. Great story, great acting, great ending. What more could you ask for.

Well, the movie is very bad, lacking script, actor plays very badly its worse than a B-movie. I just stopped watching after 10minutes, its disgusting, the plane crashed and then people are acting like nothing happened? They just sit and talk like its time to do presentation to each other?? WTF? Did chatgpt wrote the script? The scenario suck. Its getting worse and worse after each sequences. It felt like fake from the start, actors are not good its a joke. I regret spending few minutes of my life after watching this, please refund my time. Garbage movie. I do not recommend this movie, just go next and choose something else. To producer and MGM, please hire me for your next production.

Acting is OFTEN over-the-top for characters that could not possibly be more cliché if they tried.

It goes NOWHERE for basically 7.5 episodes.. then the last 30 minutes of the season finale, the characters explain the mystery through dialog.

How is that good writing? Having the characters explain the previous 7 episodes??? That goes to just how poor the disclosure within the series is. Basically it's like someone wrote episode 8, then worked backwards.. and it shows, terribly.

It's cheap and cheesy in the writing, each episode gets more ridiculous and nonsensical.. until the finale, which is completely ludicrous.

------- PASS --------

We really wanted to like this.

We've been Hortowitz fans for years, going back to Foyle's War which is probably the best war era drama we've ever seen.

"Magpie Murders" as a novel was one of the cleverest bits of writing I've read. Most murder mysteries simply recycle old ideas, but this was something new and that is so rare. The TV adaptation he did was even better than the novel and that even rarer. The sequels to both were almost as good and, again, that's rare.

The Hawthorne and Horowitz novels? Again, a completely new type of plot where the real life author (Horowitz) has inserted himself into the story with a completely fictional character (Hawthorne). Superb.

But this???? Anthony, what were you thinking? Did they offer you big $$$ just so they could put your name on the production and attract viewers? Were you rushed by a deadline and had to churn out something by the end of the month and this was the best you could do on short notice?

Whatever the reason ... it just doesn't work.

Nothing new. "Lost" immediately comes to mind but with a bit of a secondary story that probably would have made it more interesting to some. Agatha Christie's "And then there were none" is the other obvious aspect as (we understand) characters get killed off one at a time, day by day.

Characters absolutely wooden. Acting just felt totally wrong.

Everybody's favourite Icelandic actor, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, simply recycling an American persona that he's used in at least two other series; the "good ole boy" with the slow drawl of an accent. Once? Yes. A second time? Pushing it. But using the same type portrayal a third time in a different series? No thank you.

We lasted 20 minutes before checking online reviews as we watched, realizing it wasn't for us, and then giving up.

If I'm going to make a series with Spanish speakers, they should speak Spanish. It's a shame that two of the characters who should speak Spanish barely babble it, which is really offensive to those of us who are bilingual and respect their language and expect them to respect ours. Aside from that, the scriptwriter's "idea" was apparently INSPIRED by an Agatha Christie book that was also a film, which is disappointing. I only saw the first chapter and I was outraged by the above mentioned, the cast is normal, highlighting Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (Icelandic actor, star of Trapped) and of course Eric McCormack, I don't know the rest of the cast.