Wow! Such a good movie.

Powerful

I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

Absolutely Fantastic

I've surfed the internet in search of more information on City of God (Cidade de Deus) which i'd really enjoyed back in the day. To my surprise, i've discovered that there had been a spin-off TV show, called City of Men (Cidade dos Homens). It's been difficult to find it, but it paid off! The TV show format set some limits to City of Men, yet gave it more freedom at the same time. Given the length of each episode, the story can't develop as in a feature film. On the other hand, it gave the show the possibility to follow and develop the characters in a way that no feature film would allow.The life in a favela is depicted in such a way that you wish to travel to Brazil only to visit one of them. However, this vivid depiction doesn't fail to show the hardships these people go through on daily basis. They all embrace life with south-American easygoing attitude which is bound to create chaos. And we see that it affects everyone, from drug lords (good or bad by nature) and police (corrupt or not) to people (from favela or elsewhere).The topics covered showed that the City of Men had also an educational role, discussing the problems of the poor an depraved. The fact that it's been filmed in real favelas and mostly with actual inhabitants, conveys the message even stronger.

This is the story of two kids that leave in Rio DE Janeiro. From the same creators of "City of God", with the same actors. While "City of God" is more about traffic of drugs in Rio DE Janeiro, this movie is more about the community that lives there. It's a comedy with a touch of drama and the traffic of drugs in this movie it's only a background!With an excellent group of actors, the principal characters(Laranjinha and Acerola) are interpreted by Douglas Silva and Darlan Cunha. If you like this type of movies, this will probably be one of the best films you'll ever seen. In my opinion better than "City of God". Excellent in all aspects..

If you have seen the «City of God» movie... and you really enjoy it... You just have to run and see this mini-series.With the same actors, the same and other directors, and with the same landscape (Brazilian «Favelas»), Cidade dos Homens is a great mini-series, that show us how is the live, dead, living, love, fun, sadness on the Brazilian «Favelas».Another interesting thing about this young actors, is that most of them, actually were young kids that used to live on the streets of Rio de Janeiro, because of this are now having a normal live, with other perspectives. I'm sure most of them will have a great future on the movies or cinema works.Great Job... I'm only sad because it ended... ;-)

Cidade dos Homens uses the same ingredients that made Cidade de Deus such an amazing film: Fast and inteligent dialogs, which usually focus on the violence of RJ, beautiful art work, great soundtrack and talent kids. Now, in it's second season, the show continues to show us with humor and drama how much stuff is wrong in this powerful country. Its a shame that not many other countries will be able to see this.