One of the best films I've ever seen

Rating: 10/10 (16 January 2003)

I saw this at the London Film Festival in November. It made the whole festival for me. The comparisons with Goodfellas and Amores Perros are deserved, although I preferred it to the latter film. The subject matter - the lives of street level gang members over a period of time and the editing and story telling style are similar to Goodfellas. I just can't believe that most of the actors are not professionals.
You must see this film. Hopefully, once it opens in the USA tomorrow, it will have sufficient votes to get into the top 100 films on this site. It deserves to.