Great movie

Rating: 9/10 (22 September 2016)

I really enjoyed this movie. The acting was really good and I learned a lot about the culture. The main character narrates the whole thing, and he eventually causes a gang war. I really liked how the movie showed the slums. The depiction of the slums showed how much violence was there. The corruption became clear as day. The gangs ran the city. In The City of God Lil Ze becomes one of the most feared gang leaders. Eventually, he climbs to the top with his friend and they rule the slums together. He pays off basically all of the cops for them to let him do his thing. They make so much money it is ridiculous. However, his friend gets shot which shocked me. It was actually the narrator who was just trying to avenge his brothers death. Lil Ze had killed his brother earlier in the movie. It is hard to imagine that people actually live in slums run by people like Lil Ze. I really wonder what it is like to be an average person in that society.