The latest season of “Mayans M.C.” opens with 47 minutes of essentially non-stop action, as members of the title motorcycle club find their clubhouse under siege. In an episode that could accurately be called “Saving Private Mayan,” tensions begin at a boiling point and only get worse as the bikers of the Santo Padre charter are surrounded by rivals and forced to defend themselves against an unceasing barrage of bullets and Molotov cocktails. The violence is constant, brutal, and immersive in a way that rewards repeat viewings; revisiting the episode, it’s surprising how short some of the bursts of intensity are — like the shower scene in “Psycho,” they play longer and more graphic in our memory because the emotional immediacy and filmmaking craft are so exact.
Showrunner and director Elgin James wrote the episode with confidence that he would be able to stage the action in the visceral, realistic manner the material required,...
Showrunner and director Elgin James wrote the episode with confidence that he would be able to stage the action in the visceral, realistic manner the material required,...
- 6/15/2022
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
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