“La Bella y Las Bestias” Ushers in New Wave of Kick-Ass Women on Univision

Like traditional telenovelas La Bella y Las Bestiasamp8217 initial character development takes place over several episodes in this case nearly the entire first week amp160It certainly helps that new episodes are broadcast every night Monday through Friday so viewers donamp8217t have to wait an entire week for the next chapter in the storyLa Bella y Las Bestias follows Isabela Leamp243n a young woman living in Mexico who seeks revenge on the amp8220beastamp8221 who killed her family and makes it her mission to eliminate any other amp8220beastamp8221 who brings harm to the people around heramp160 amp160The series starts with Isabelaamp8217s father Enrique a highranking federal agent busting a smuggling operation run by wealthy casino owner Armando Quintero amp160Infuriated that he has lost millions Quintero meets with his amp8220councilamp8221 of other powerful whitecollar criminals and they order a hit on Enrique and his family amp160Quinteroamp8217s son Juan Pablo overhears this and attempts to warn Enrique but he fails as the person he told to deliver the message is a crooked cop that works for Juan Pabloamp8217s devious dadIsabelaamp8217s parents are killed and her friend is kidnapped after being mistaken for her amp160Isabela sets out to confront Quintero at his casino in an attempt to find her friend and get answers but instead finds Juan Pablo who Quintero had locked away in the casino safe to punish him for his betrayal amp160When Isabela asks Juan Pablo if he knew about his fatheramp8217s intentions he denies knowing about any of them in front of the police but later gives her video evidence of Quintero ordering the hitWhen Quintero is killed by a mysterious masked man Isabela takes advantage of the chaos that follows and makes it her mission to identify the other members of his council and get her revenge on these other amp8220beastsamp8221 as her father called them amp160Something interesting to note about said amp8220beastsamp8221 is that each of the eight of them represents one of the seven deadly sins with their boss encompassing all sevenamp160 Not surprisingly he becomes Isabelaamp8217s greatest foe amp160When a threat is made on her life she is relocated to Los Angeles and sometime later makes a return to Mexico to save her city taking down one amp8220beastamp8221 at a timeThe femaleled drama is reminiscent of Netflixamp8217s Jessica Jones with a main character that refuses to be a damsel in distress and instead takes matters into her own hands to bring justice to those who place themselves above the law because of their wealth status notoriety and influence over the government and police amp160Isabela uses her strength martial arts abilities skills of deception and sleuth to take down the amp8220beastsamp8221 of her cityThe series stars Esmeralda Pimentel as Isabela Leamp243n Alejandro Avila as her father Enrique Ari Telch as crime lord Armando Quintero and Osvaldo Benavides as his son Juan Pabloamp160 Esmeraldaamp8217s performance as Isabela has incredible range much like Krysten Ritteramp8217s in Jessica Jones with her first being an emotionally broken young woman amidst so much personal tragedy and later transforming into a cunning almost sinister force to be reckoned with that the amp8220beastsamp8221 soon learn to fearOsvaldo Benavides as Juan Pablo her friend love interest and eventual crimefighting partner also gives a fantastic performance going from a rebellious and rather spiteful college kid to a man truly wanting to make a difference in the broken corrupt society that his father created amp160Ari Telch makes Quintero a true comicbook villain in all the best ways summoning his henchmen with a snap of his fingers feared by all and never taking no for an answerUpcoming femaledriven dramas on Univision include Brujas Alamanecer Witches at Dawn which tackles the supernatural genre for the first time on the network and Las Benditas The Blessed an actiondrama centering on a group of women overcoming adversity in the face of tragedyLa Bella y Las Bestias is telecast weeknights at 8 pm on UnivisionClick the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writersamp160

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