DOM

A father who never stopped fighting against drugs. A son who never stopped using them. Two sides of the same coin. Victor is a cop who has fought all his life to curb cocaine trafficking. His son is a drug addict who has become one of the most wanted burglars in Rio de Janeiro. Will a father’s love be enough to save his son’s life?

Dom (2021-2024) is a Brazilian crime drama series created by Breno Silveira for Prime Video. Veteran Rio de Janeiro police officer Victor Dantas (Flávio Tolezani) has spent his career fighting cocaine trafficking, while his son Pedro Dom (Gabriel Leone) has become a drug addict and one of the city's most wanted burglars. The engine of the show is the collision between a father's duty and a son's self-destruction: Victor hunts the trade that has taken hold of his own family, and Pedro moves through the same criminal circuits, stealing to feed his habit while others close in around him. Across three seasons spanning twenty-one episodes, the story unfolds as a serialized saga in which each episode carries the tension of raids, stolen goods, debts and pursuit through the favelas and city streets. Shot with gritty realism, the series is built on a tense, desperate register, mixing harrowing addiction scenes with the emotional pull of a father trying to reach a child who keeps slipping away. Its atmosphere of police corruption and urban danger is rooted in the war on drugs. Fans of Narcos and Tropa de Elite will find resonance in its brutal street-level portrait of Rio, and viewers of Breaking Bad will recognise its study of a man's moral unraveling.

Audience reception is positive, with the father-son drama and its intense portrayal of addiction and the drug war praised, though the middle season rated noticeably lower.

• Narcosgritty drug war crime drama, serialized police and trafficking storylines, Brazilian favela setting
• Breaking Badcrime drama centred on a police officer's moral conflicts and the criminal underworld, serialized
• Tropa de EliteBrazilian crime drama about police, trafficking and corruption in Rio de Janeiro

Created by

Breno Silveira

Release Date

2021-06-04

Episode runtime

61 min

Rating

7.3 / 10 (115)

What is DOM about?

A Rio de Janeiro cop fighting cocaine trafficking must confront his addicted son, a wanted burglar caught in the same world.

What is DOM like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of DOM as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is DOM violent?

Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in DOM as moderate.

What did critics think of DOM?

Audience reception is positive, with the father-son drama and its intense portrayal of addiction and the drug war praised, though the middle season rated noticeably lower.

Which shows are like DOM?

Shows with a similar feel include Narcos, Breaking Bad, and Tropa de Elite.

How long is DOM?

DOM: 3 seasons, 21 episodes.

Is DOM still running?

No, DOM has ended.

Where can I watch DOM?

In United States, DOM streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.