Now this was action packed. Imagine story that is a mix between "Escape from New York", "Mile 22", "Raid", "16 Blocks", "Gauntlet" and "Proof of Life".

Some will say this graphic novel reads like a movie script and they would be right. This is "movie script" in as far that story is very simple - mercenary expert in extraction of people from highly dangerous environments gets stuck in Paraguay, in Ciduad de Este, and hunted by corrupted government officials and criminal underworld because he is trying to extract the daughter of a very important person from the clutches of the kidnappers.

To say all tropes are in is not required - it would be like saying that starships and weird creatures are part of every space opera.This is an action event through and through, characters are slightly underdeveloped but again this is not drama nor criminal investigation that would flesh out the characters. Again no need - entire story is a race with time, fighting great odds to ensure our two heroes manage cross the city border into safety. We are spectators as action scenes play out in this great city and as our heroes try to get to the safety outside of it.

I can understand that good people of Paraguay might feel offended by description of lawlessness in Ciudad de Este but we need to come to terms that stereotypes exist and always will (hmmm, Russians are always baddies, I wonder why eh). Ciudad is here just a metaphor of large metropolis and underlying criminal shadowy world that is present in every major city.

Art might be off-putting to some but I liked it. It is a little bit cartoon-ish and I don't mind it. Decision to go without colors was in my opinion a great one (but then again I am fan of b&w graphics since Alex Raymond, Hal Foster and Al Williamson).

Good action romp and very interesting book. If you are fun of action stories that do not diverge or branch into ever more complicated story-lines give this one a chance, I think you will like it. ( )

Ni siquiera pude terminarlo. El "arte" es terrible, de hecho he visto cosas mejores en las caricaturas del periódico. Las imágenes se ven pixeladas y muchas veces para poder entenderlas tenía que hacer mega zoom en la pagina, o entrecerrar los ojos y girar la cabeza 45 grados a la izquierda, mientras bailaba la danza de la lluvia. Ok, exageré, pero el punto es que requería mucho esfuerzo, y como no había nada que me incitara a seguir leyendo, abandoné.


¿Qué le pasó a Miguel? ¿No tiene ojos, le arrojaron acido a la cara? ¿Qué es esa mancha negra, sangre, pintura, un pulpo asesino que lo está abrazando? Tantas dudas y tan poco interés de mi parte en descubrir la respuesta.

Los diálogos son malos. Generalmente no tengo ningún problema con un lenguaje grosero, total uno que otro insulto nunca ha matado a nadie. Pero aquí los insultos son el dialogo, hasta el punto que perdían el sentido y era aburrido seguir leyendo.

La trama es cliché y no tiene nada particularmente memorable.

En general, esto es como la transcripción (con muy malos dibujos) de una de esas viejas y malas, películas de acción para televisión. ( )

I had to abandon reading this in the Adobe digital Version as it was too hard to read and distinguish what was in each picture