City of God is the Portugese version of Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas and is as good if not better in every way possible

Rating: 9/10 (27 January 2013)

I've heard from people that City of God feels a lot like a foreign version of Goodfellas and so, I've been dying to check out this movie as I loved Scorsese's Goodfellas. And I'm finally glad I did...
City of God really just follows the life story of two boys that grow up in the City of God. It follows the story of a young boy who wishes to be a photographer, Rocket and another violent, drug dealing murderer nicknamed Lil Ze. The film is pretty much told in the form of a biography with the story going into the past.
Everything about City of God was pretty much fantastic. The characters are very interesting, amusing and keep you excited for the story. The acting in the movie is very good by young children. Douglas DeSilva as Lil Ze was absolutely fantastic in the movie giving a very bold performance. The story is told extremely neatly, easily showing proportions to Tarantino's film making technique and feels a lot like Goodfellas and even Pulp Fiction.
Overall, I absolutely found this movie brilliant and as a film deserves more than one viewing. Definitely a worth watching such a great movie.