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New Bandits(2023)

Also known as Новые гангстеры

Archived · Prime Video

167 eps
S02
DramaCrimeAction
ON AIR: APR 24Season 2Archived listing

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

New Bandits pairs bank robberies and armed standoffs with a slow unraveling of family secrets. Its sun-baked desert setting gives the crime drama a frontier feel, while rival thieves, corrupt politicians, and local police put pressure on Ubaldo’s emerging life as an outlaw. The action carries a personal cost: a man already desperate for money must keep deciding how much of his conscience he can surrender.

Dinorah and Dilvania connect Ubaldo to a childhood he cannot remember, making the sibling reunion part family drama, part mystery. His biological father’s outlaw legacy offers a very different inheritance from the obligations he feels toward his ailing adoptive father. Across the long story arc, discovering his past becomes tangled with taking charge of a dangerous gang, rather than a simple route to belonging.

Best for

desperate choices, family danger action and Drama

Story lane

Drama and Crime

Commitment

Season 2 · 7 episodes

Where

Prime Video

Official Premise

Adrift, unhappy, and desperately needing money to pay for his ailing adoptive father's care, Ubaldo - a bank clerk who's unable to remember his childhood years - receives an inheritance that will change his destiny for good. He's drawn to Cratará, in the heart of the northwest desert, where meets his sisters - Dinorah and Dilvania -, his past, and ultimately, his vocation: to become the leader of a pack of dangerous bank robbers. To fulfill the legacy of his biological father - a mythical "Cangaceiro" - Ubaldo must face thieves, corrupt politicians, the local police, and place his own morals in jeopardy.

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