City of God is a film that takes place in the favelas of Brazil. It is a crime drama that revolves around guns, love, sex and drugs.

Rating: 9/10 (16 October 2017)

Brazil, the beautiful country located South America has many documentaries displaying its beauty. The City of God has an establishing shot where we see the chaos that is in the favelas of Brazil. The sound editing of the film was superb. There are moments in the film where you completely do not notice the sound editing, but there are scenes where you look back on and realize how genius the sound editing was. Good sound editing is forgotten about because it was either not terrible but not great. Great sound editing is noticed. City of God plays with mundane sounds and makes us feel them. Gun shots are expected in a gangster movie, but City of God creates a symphony with the gun shots. Some shots are louder than others, some gun shots also resonate longer. There is also a melodic tempo in which the gangs shoot their guns. The mise-en-scene in the film is also simple, but powerful. We look into the homes of many of the characters. Most of the characters live in poverty, we see this reflected in their homes. Although the characters do not have much, we can tell a story alone based on the items they wear and the objects that that they have. City of God is a great film that recommend everyone should watch. The sound editing plays along with the great dialog and the mise-en-scene is simple, but effective. City of God opens your eyes to the beauty and travesty of living in some parts of Brazil