Great Film with many twists

Rating: 6/10 (5 December 2016)

In City of God, directed by Fernando Meirelles, the idea of choices matter is very important. In the beginning of the film, the narrator, later revealed as Rocket, glorifies the trouble that is caused in a small city by his brother and two friends who were known as The Tender Trio. These three older boys would steal from gasoline trucks and other places, while causing no harm. One night, one of the Tender Trio brings their brother, known then as Li'l Dice, along on one of their missions and is instructed to stand watch. While the three nonviolent, older boys go into the motel and make a fortune, Li'l Dice satisfied his taste for blood by killing a majority of the people inside the motel after the brothers leave. After the aftermath, none of the Tender Trio survives the police brutality and the movie moves a few years into the future. Rocket then tells the story of L'il Ze. Rocket, who is fascinated with photography, chooses the path of a nonviolent bystander. L'il Dice, now known as L'il Ze, is a violent drug lord who kills without pity. From the guns to drugs to war, Rocket continues to show how he becomes a rising photographer and how the drug war breaks out in the City of God. In the end, Rocket becomes a famous photographer for all his action shots and exclusives in the drug war in the City of God. This movie appeals to many emotions has it builds up the viewer's attachment to characters in order to make a lasting feel when those characters are killed. I would recommend this movie to hardy individuals who do not become too attached to characters.