Fantastic movie!

Rating: 10/10 (14 March 2004)

I nearly didn't see this movie because of the underrated movie reviews I read about it in the local paper and the New Yorker. This movie is superb in every aspect -- the acting, the story and the way it is told, the direction, the use of special effects, the music soundtrack, all of it. This is a movie more people should see, as its implications regarding poverty, politics, violence, drug dealing, guns, and human nature are rich and complex. There are so many different themes you could follow, so much meaning to this movie, which to top it all off, is based on a true story, it could be the basis of numerous theses, criticism and essays. This is certainly one of the most powerful, moving, fascinating and exhilarating movie I've seen in a very long time.