Review and Editing

Rating: 9/10 (12 October 2017)

The movie takes place in the 1970s in the poverty neighborhoods of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. There are two main characters in the film; Alexandre Rodrigues better known as "Rocket",who wants to be a photographer who documents the drug violence in Rio, and Leandro Firmino better known as "Li'l Zé" who is a drug dealer, and who uses Rocket as his photographer to advertise his violence and strength. The movie mainly revolves around Li'l Zé and his strength and violence that he causes throughout the film from when he was a kid to where he is at modern time in the film. Throughout the film, it shows you how dangerous the streets are of Rio and the type of lifestyle they actually lived in during that time. The movie uses some interesting editing techniques throughout the film like parallel editing and cross-cutting in between scenes. This makes the film even better to watch, because it keeps your attention and makes the situations in the film much more interesting to watch. The editing in the film is well put together and captures your attention. The editing in the film also gives you a better perspective of when each scene takes place by the type of editing that is done. You can also see the cool editing from the beginning of the film. If you are into action movies and non-fiction films, I highly recommend this movie. If you can't handle violence then this may not be the film for you. Overall, it's a great movie based on a true story that will capture your attention from the beginning. This movie isn't in English so it presents itself like your watching an actual film from when it was actually happening.