Brilliant Filmmaking; A Must-Watch for Avid Movie Lovers !!

Rating: 9/10 (3 October 2011)

One of the best movies ever made, based on a real story. The skillfully & brilliantly written screenplay, accompanied by the excellent cinematography, editing and direction, makes the movie a well-paced & interesting watch. The acting is convincing too. The background score goes quite well with the theme; it gives us a feel of the ghetto and prevents the movie from being too grim.
The story takes us through an amazing journey of these characters; you really go into the world of hoodlums, guns, drugs and violence. It covers subjects of greed, power, ambition, hatred, vengeance, survival, etc. Remembering that it's a true story, you get appalled thinking of the conditions these people live in and the children, instead of having a decent childhood with education, roaming around with guns in their hands.
The story-telling style may remind you of a few movies by Tarantino or Scorsese, but the wonderfully hypnotic job of blending the old styles and bringing them up to date with flashy & sometimes dangerously kinetic direction and editing, the film has its own style.
All in all, it's a triumph of story-telling: Magnificent, gut-wrenching and utterly compelling. A cinematic masterpiece which is a must-watch for an avid movie lover.