We bring you our review of Baraja: La firma del asesino, the docuseries about the famous case of the known as the murderer of the deck, which is now available on Netflix.
When one thinks of documentaries about murderers in serie, immediately think of cases that have occurred internationally, with the United States being one of the main destinations. However, Netflix reminds us that there have also been cases of serial murders in Spain through Deck: The Assassin’s Signaturethe new true crime docuseries that is now available on the platform.
Under the direction of Amanda Sansresponsible for other documentaries such as Gervasio Sánchez: Álbum de posguerra or Fràgils, Deck: The Assassin’s Signature tells us the ins and outs behind the last serial killer in Madrid and the most famous in the history of Spain.
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It all starts with the murder of a young man at a bus stop in Madrid in 2023, at a time when the crime rate was the highest in the country’s history. However, what could seem like a crime like any other quickly turned into something bigger when The Ace of Cups card from the Spanish deck was discovered at the crime scene.
Soon new crimes began to take place in which the murderer was leaving the following cards of the suit of cups, so it was immediately confirmed that the police were dealing with a serial murderer whose modus operandi was immediately echoed in the media, causing an important social alarm and the fear of the citizens.
Netflix takes us into one of the most publicized murder cases in the history of Spain
Through three episodes lasting approximately 45 to 60 minutes, Deck: The Assassin’s Firm presents us with the case of the man known in the media as the deck murderer or the card murderer from various points of view.
On the one hand, there is the complicated police investigation in which there was nothing in common between the victims of the crimes perpetrated that could give investigators clues about the profile of the criminal, since he chooses the people to kill by pure chance.
On the other hand, there is the perspective of the few victims who survived the attacks of the murderer of the deck, where a robot portrait of the criminal could be made, which seemed to shed some light on the case.
And there is also the pressure from the media that made an august with the case of the murderer of the deck. From those who reported from the most absolute journalistic rigor to others who were more driven by curiosity and spectacle, in the end a strong collective hysteria was created in which the people of Madrid were afraid to go out on the streets afraid of being the next victims of the killer.
The Netflix docuseries makes a meticulous chronology of the crimes providing unpublished details and testimonials both the surviving victims and some members of the police, lawyers and journalists who covered the case day after day.
The way of developing the documentary in the purest thriller style makes lovers of mystery and true crime inevitably hooked on Deck: The Assassin’s Signature, whether or not they were previously aware of the case. In fact, there are certain twists that even those most aware of the event can take them by surprise.
Of course, as often happens in many true crime documentaries, there are certain moments that are quite hard to digestespecially in the section of the testimonies of the victims, which will make your hair stand on end.
Nevertheless, Although the documentary collects a multitude of points of view, it is missing a very important one: that of the murderer himself.. The docuseries itself clarifies that neither the defendant nor his close relatives have wanted to participate in the interviews, so the lack of this perspective is not due to the production itself as such.
In exchange, the testimony of some of the friends of the murderer of the deck is offered, where several interesting facts are provided about some of the key details related to the crimes.
Whether or not you are a lover of true crime documentaries, Deck: The Assassin’s Signature is an entertaining series that will make you quickly delve into the ins and outs of one of the most publicized cases in the history of Spain and learn in depth the story behind these shocking crimes.
VALUATION:
Baraja: La firma del asesino is an interesting documentary that collects twenty years later one of the most publicized cases in the history of Spain in a meticulous development that will captivate you from the first minute.
THE BEST:
A meticulous development of the facts that make you arouse interest in the case. Some turns are very impressive.
WORST:
There are certain parts that can be hard to digest. It lacks the point of view of the killer, but that was not the fault of the documentary team.
