Just one of those films with furious and intense energy.

Rating: 10/10 (9 July 2007)

City of God falls under the pile of unflinching movies, movies that aren't afraid to be brutally realistic. If you are going to tell a story about gang wars, corrupt police, and hardship, you can't make it PG-13 and turn your camera every time someone gets shot. That just feels so fake. It is fake! This film tells it like it is. It is true to the story and to life. That is one reason I think City of God is great - its upsetting and powerful because it is furiously real.
The other reason is simply because the story telling is excellent. Very excellent. Fernando Meirelles does an excellent job weaving the plot between the many different characters, and time periods. Not to mention the great acting, cinematography, and pretty much every other technical aspect.
City of God is a 10/10.