‘Marked’ review: Progressive-leaning South African series misses the mark in the end

‘Marked’ review: Progressive-leaning South African series misses the mark in the end

The Netflix series Marked begins with a bang, an armored car robbery from the point of view of the female driver, Babalwa, who eludes the robbers amidst a hail of gunfire. The series, after its Netflix-mandated 15-minute opening to grab the audience, is all uphill from there until the last few minutes when it manages to betray its genre, its lead character, and all of its mostly progressive political leanings.  The series has an acute sense of t…