‘Intense’ new Netflix drama racks up 5,300,000 views in just 10 days
Fans are hooked.
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Previous Page Next PageNetflix viewers have been urged to binge an ‘intense’ new series that has already racked up 5,300,000 views, just days after its release.
The first season of Prison Cell 211 landed on the streaming platform on February 5, and has been climbing the charts since.
It currently sits at the number three spot of non-English global shows, and is number one in 13 countries.
The six-part series follows a human rights lawyer who becomes trapped in a prison riot.
He’s forced to disguise himself as one of the inmates in order to survive against prison life of danger and violence.
Prison Cell 211 is based on a true story, following a riot that took place at a state prison in Ciudad Juarez, a Mexican border town, on December 31, 2022.
Prison Cell 211 has racked up millions of views in a little over a week (Picture: Maria Medina / Netflix) It’s loosely based on a true story (Picture: Netflix)Gunmen, who were suspected to be members of a drug cartel, opened fire in the facility, with local police saying 24 inmates escaped.
Several others were injured or killed, including ten guards and four prisoners, according to the BBC.
The Netflix series stars Diego Calva Hernandez, Noe Hernandez, Gerardo Taracena, Karen Sandoval, and Ana Sofia Gatica.
Fans are hooked (Picture: Maria Medina / Netflix)Fans have been left hooked, with @blairedolie writing on X: ‘Prison Cell 211 on Netflix has me at the edge of my seat, it’s so good.’
@oddfuturej praised it as ‘Definitely another great show on Netflix now,’ while @_keepingupwitLA urged: ‘Yall go watch Prison Cell 211, you’ll thank me later.’
@lynldr11 added: ‘Just finished “Prison Cell 211” on Netflix. Whoa. Talk about intense. Definitely makes you think about what you’d do in that situation. Survival instincts are a crazy thing.’
‘Earlier, I saw Prison Cell 211 and I finished in one seating. This is how to make a movie and I’m anticipating already a second season,’ @ytddavies said.
Prison Cell 211 is available to watch on Netflix.
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