The Initiated

The Initiated (Los iniciados, 2023) is a Colombian detective thriller you can watch online on iFILM. Director Juan Felipe Orozco brings worn-down private eye Frank Molina to the screen.

Molina drinks too much and trusts almost no one, but he can read a crime scene. What begins as a single murder pulls him into a conspiracy reaching across all of Bogotá. Every lead costs him something. Andrés Parra carries the role.

The story comes from Colombian novelist Mario Mendoza's Frank Molina books, a run of grim noirs set in the city's underbelly. Shot on location in Bogotá, the place itself turns into a character — humid, broke, dangerous. One for noir fans who like their detectives flawed. Stream The Initiated (2023) online on iFILM.