What a Film

Rating: 9/10 (16 October 2017)

The characters in this movie were what made this piece so special. It almost felt like we had to choose what side we were fighting with, Knockout Ned or the infamous Li'l Ze. The movie begins by explaining the "City of God" a small scummy place in the middle of Rio DE Janeiro, Brazil. Drug dealers run the streets and kids kill other kids just for fun. Li'l Ze begins his life by joining the older kids with petty crimes but escalates to mass murder within a few minutes. He grows up to be one of the most feared and ruthless drug dealers in the "City of God." Knockout Ned, with the help of Carrot, led the other drug gang in the city. Li'l Ze kills Ned's family and destroys his family home. This is when the war begins. The film pushes us to join Ned's force because he wants justice, all he wants is revenge for his families' death. We follow every move up until his death. This is the scene that got me the most. We see the most caring person, even in the middle of battle field, try to help a wounded child. The moment Knockout Ned turns around the child shoots him in the back. This scenes amazing because it showed me everyone was in this war for some personal reason. The reason the kid was in the war, to get revenge for his father's death. Who killed his father you ask? Knock Out Ned. Nobody cared about the cause of the war, but the war gave them a cause to fight and kill those who did them wrong.