Thursday, August 16, 2007
I just watched this movie. It is quite good. The Brasilian cinema that makes it to the States does tend to be excellent. Makes me wonder how much I'm missing out on as far as film goes.
Its a movie about the descent of a man who starts by killing one man who was a gangster in a fit of rage, and quickly becomes a vigilante with the support of the community and even police.
It also has the underlying theme the same of City of God. That the lower classes violence is acceptable in Brasil because the rich can afford to stay well away from it. In this instance it doesn't happen in the actual slums such as the Cidade de Deus but does make show that the class divides are rigid, and even though this man is doing the bidding and is useful to the rich, he'll never be accepted into the higher parts of society.
The film is distributed by film movement. A great company i just learned about that makes it a point to distribute independent and foreign films.
In summary, it is a great movie. A tale of decent into being more and more crazed and violent all at the approval of the surroundings. As the box says from a no-one to hero outlaw in less than twenty-four hours.
4/5 Action - Foreign - Crime
