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City of Men

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I watched City of Men once before I had seen the 19-episode TV series of the same name (City of Men) and after I had watched the TV series. The movie is literally one hundred times more powerful and exciting if you have watched the show and understand the characters. If you have not watched the City of Men TV show, my recommendation is to buy that before you watch this movie and if you have watched the show, this is an amazing follow up to the series that wraps things up very nicely and is for all intents and purposes an excellent final 'episode'.

Don't buy this expecting a sequel to City of God because they are not in the same league as far as production value and entertainment are concerned. The pacing is much slower and there is certainly less action, but this movie assumes that you already know what happened in the sereies. There are a healthy dose of flashbacks that take place throughout, but these are more to remind the viewer of moments that took place throughout the show than they are to catch new viewers up to speed. In closing, I highly recommend City of Men the movie, but only after you have seen the TV show, otherwise it will still be an entertaining film, but it was made to be coupled with the series.

I had seen the 19-episode TV series on DVD, and I had been awaiting the movie since it was filmed in 2006.

I received the movie on DVD on July 1. I really liked the movie because it stayed true to the TV show ( mostly ) and also because it finally touched on a subject that many whom are familiar with the TV series had been wondering about: the estranged fathers of the boys.

There's not much I can say here without spoiling it. But rest assured that this movie ( preceded by watching the TV series ) is something that you will want to see.

I loved City of God as disturbing as it was to watch. City of Men is very different, less graphic and more hopeful. They are both beautiful films.

"It didnt look real"??? Have you been to a favela??? Have you even been to Rio de Janeiro or Brasil for that matter? Because by your comment it is very obvious that you haven't. This movie is relatively slower than City of God but this movie is portraying Rio currently instead of in the 70s (when City of God is set). The drug wars are still brutal but aren't year long ordeals. This movie is exceptional at showing modern day Rio and I very highly recommend it. Make sure to watch the TV show first!

This is a very nice film which talks about groups of men from different place trying to take over the control of ano9ther pleace by means of weapons firing etc to gain control over territory. There are a lot of shooting done in the later portion of the film which cause some to die during the firing attack. This piece of film is done in The Cathay, PictureHouse which this piece of film is showing now.

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There's quite a bit going on in this last movie in the 3-part trilogy. The scenery is stunning. But the story is good as well. The guy who plays Wallace's father looks remarkably like him. Part of the ironic genius of this show is the extremely stunning scenery in which all the violence of the story takes place. If you've started with City of God, continued with the TV series "City of Men" then you'll surely be catching this last part of the trilogy also called City of Men (the movie, not the series). See the top-notch TV series before this. This last movie as with all the previous installments does not disappoint. Both the picture and sound quality on this DVD are excellent as well.

WATCH THIS I THINK THEIR ARE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE DVDS START FROM THE BEGINNING AMAZON HAS THEM ALL CITY OF MEN IS THE LAST U WILL LV ALL SERIES EVERYONE SHOULD SEE IT

I have watched City of God, great movie, so I got this movie to watch from blockbuster and had to buy it. Its great, but after buying it and realizing there is a tv series about these boys I recommend watching that first. It builds up to them wanting to search for their fathers. But aside from that I was able to enjoy the movie and fully appreciate a journey between two best friends.

I really loved this movie! I am a huge fan of City of God, so I had to give this one a try. I was not disappointed. Although the story line isn't similiar to City of God, its still a pretty good one.

It is a movie of an art to survive, of Rio de Janeiro/Brazil, where kids become parents much faster than graduating from primary schools, where drugs and guns are not for playing but real stuff to survive and grow up.

Action movie is of life as it is in local favelas looks like a sci-fi story for outsiders from other parts of a different world.