Prefiero la Muerte
The opening has a familiar and fairly appealing mix: a group of young people facing a zombie outbreak, fast humor, first loves, jealousy, cheating and a teen-comedy energy that at times brings to mind both All of Us Are Dead and the more playful tone of Zombieland. Not because it directly copies either one, but because it starts from that same combination of chaos, adolescence and the undead.
That lightness suits the first episodes. The series understands that these characters are still worried about ridiculously ordinary things even as their world begins to fall apart, and much of the humor comes from that contrast. The clash between romantic problems and actual danger works better than the moments when the show becomes too solemn.
It also has a very specific Mexican identity in its language, humor and the way the characters interact. That particular comic register is not usually the one I connect with most naturally, but it did not stop me from following the story. Some jokes, exaggerations and performance choices simply landed less strongly for me than they might for viewers more attuned to that tone.
The problem appears when the series starts loading almost every character with drama. What begins as a young zombie comedy gradually brings out trauma, family wounds, broken relationships, loss and emotional conflict until it occasionally turns into a very serious melodrama. That shift is not necessarily bad because it adds some depth, but it changes the original energy considerably.
At times it feels as if every character needs a major trauma in the background to explain their behavior. When the show balances those personal wounds with humor, it works; when it strings together confessions, arguments and suffering, the zombie element loses force and the story becomes much more conventional.
The young cast handles the tonal mix well. Diego Bernal gives Archie the energy of a likable loser that fits the premise, and the group works better as an ensemble than when the series tries to turn every individual conflict into a major emotional showcase. There is chemistry, banter and enough momentum to keep the episodes easy to watch.
Sebastián Sariñana and Humberto Hinojosa keep the direction brisk and make good use of the short episode length. The series rarely becomes genuinely tedious, even when it leans too far into melodrama, and that is probably one of its main strengths: it is very easy to keep watching.
As a zombie series, however, I do not find it especially original. It uses many familiar genre elements, and its strongest personality comes more from the teen setting and Mexican context than from anything it adds to the undead. There is humor, action, romance and some horror, but few ideas that feel capable of refreshing the genre.
I Would Rather Die was entertaining. I liked it more when it mixed teen comedy, first loves and apocalypse than when it became a drama overloaded with trauma, but it never truly bored me. It has pace, charm and a group with decent chemistry. It simply sits in a genre with much stronger series, so it ends up as an enjoyable show that is fairly easy to forget.
That lightness suits the first episodes. The series understands that these characters are still worried about ridiculously ordinary things even as their world begins to fall apart, and much of the humor comes from that contrast. The clash between romantic problems and actual danger works better than the moments when the show becomes too solemn.
It also has a very specific Mexican identity in its language, humor and the way the characters interact. That particular comic register is not usually the one I connect with most naturally, but it did not stop me from following the story. Some jokes, exaggerations and performance choices simply landed less strongly for me than they might for viewers more attuned to that tone.
The problem appears when the series starts loading almost every character with drama. What begins as a young zombie comedy gradually brings out trauma, family wounds, broken relationships, loss and emotional conflict until it occasionally turns into a very serious melodrama. That shift is not necessarily bad because it adds some depth, but it changes the original energy considerably.
At times it feels as if every character needs a major trauma in the background to explain their behavior. When the show balances those personal wounds with humor, it works; when it strings together confessions, arguments and suffering, the zombie element loses force and the story becomes much more conventional.
The young cast handles the tonal mix well. Diego Bernal gives Archie the energy of a likable loser that fits the premise, and the group works better as an ensemble than when the series tries to turn every individual conflict into a major emotional showcase. There is chemistry, banter and enough momentum to keep the episodes easy to watch.
Sebastián Sariñana and Humberto Hinojosa keep the direction brisk and make good use of the short episode length. The series rarely becomes genuinely tedious, even when it leans too far into melodrama, and that is probably one of its main strengths: it is very easy to keep watching.
As a zombie series, however, I do not find it especially original. It uses many familiar genre elements, and its strongest personality comes more from the teen setting and Mexican context than from anything it adds to the undead. There is humor, action, romance and some horror, but few ideas that feel capable of refreshing the genre.
I Would Rather Die was entertaining. I liked it more when it mixed teen comedy, first loves and apocalypse than when it became a drama overloaded with trauma, but it never truly bored me. It has pace, charm and a group with decent chemistry. It simply sits in a genre with much stronger series, so it ends up as an enjoyable show that is fairly easy to forget.
Mini Review: The opening has a familiar and fairly appealing mix: a group of young people facing a zombie outbreak, fast humor, first loves, jealousy, cheating and a teen-comedy energy that at times brings to mind both All of Us Are Dead and the more playful tone of Zombieland. Not because it directly copies either one, but because it starts from that same combination of chaos, adolescence and the undead. That lightness suits the first episodes. The series...