Building Bad (2025)★ 7.8/10

January 1, 2025

• Crime

Directed by: Ben Manthorpe

Written by: Dave Bene, Drew Carnwath, Siyuan Chen, Kendra Clark, Robert Eaton

Building Bad delves into the dark art of criminal ingenuity and its evolution through history, exposing the underworld innovations devised by some of the most resourceful criminal minds of all time. From the illicit use of technology to back alley engineering, Building Bad showcases the lengths criminals will go to to achieve their goals. Viewers are taken inside the clandestine operations of Mexican cartel gunsmiths, the illicit bone trade in India, and the inventive smuggling tactics used by prohibition-era bootleggers. Each episode reveals the sinister and creative methods criminals employ to evade capture and turn inventiveness into profit.