Masterful

Rating: 9/10 (31 May 2003)

Set in the slums of Brazil in the "cidade de deus" (city of god) this films delves deep into the realms of drug dealing and street crime with an intense realism that hollywood has never managed to produce. I have never seen a film so raw and brutal showing anything and everything that goes on in the streets.
It is narrated by a young Brazilian street kid named Rocket who tells his almost epic story of the Cidade De Deus and How a child named Lil Ze turns into the most feared gangster/dealer in the slums.
This film has been produced with an edge above all others in its class and is truly one of the greatest movies of all time dont let the subtitles put you off.