Young man growing up in 1970s Brazil dodging a crime lord.

Rating: 10/10 (16 July 2005)

This was a great film and will always be one of my favs... The realism is phenomenal and the characters stand out in so many different ways. Lil' Ze is without a doubt the meanest guy ever, and Knockout Ned is one of my favorite heroes. The only complaint I have is Rocket, he just seems kind of boring in some areas. I think that there is a true representation of the gang disputes and the fact that after a year of fighting no one even remembers why they are fighting for. That speaks a lot for the wars in our very own past. Without a doubt one of the strongest films that I have seen in a long time. Not for the casual movie-goer being that the entire film is in Portuguese.