The City of God is the slums of Rio De Janeiro that shapes two very different boys as they grow into men on a collision course for disaster.

Rating: 9/10 (15 October 2016)

The Directors, Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, did an astonishing job of engulfing the audience into the movie. The use of tilted shots helps make the audience feel like they are a part of the gang trying to survive living in the City of God. The shots and editing also give it a very realistic and hectic feeling, which adds to feeling of being in the film. Like during the party, right before the killer attacks, the use of strobe lights and quickly cutting between people gives this intense feeling in the audience's stomach something bad is about to happen.
This movie does an excellent job of portraying the struggle people go through living in the slums. It shows an alarming amount of illegal activity and violence happening in the slums. The comparison between the two different types of weapons wielded by the boys. Showing that Rocket gains power and money with the use of his camera while Lil' Ze relies on guns to kill anyone that gets in his way.
Throughout the film there is an emphasis on the use of guns in relation to power, while Rocket finds ways to use his camera to gain power, like using his camera to get his dream job.
The soundtrack for the movie is very well done to because it brings the audience in by using different music that is played as years pass and the use of sound effects. The music played reflects different popular genre at the time. At the same time the sound effects, like gunfire, is constantly used to bring a realistic feeling to the movie.