City of Men

Definitely not as good as City of God, the plot is contrived in several key places and the characters seem shallow, not 90210 shallow, but not fully developed by the writer shallow.

this movie is in every single way lesser than city of god, but even a poor carbon copy of that movie is still watchable, and that ending was pretty good. a badly made movie, whose story and plot do much to overshadow the poor quality.

Maybe its because I haven't seen the series, but I felt the plot was a bit of a mess, with flashbacks popping up everywhere and a gang war that kind of came out of nowhere. Also: take it easy with the color filters, it was almost like watching 3 episodes of CSI Miami at the same time.

I heard of it because of City of God. Disappointedly it is not as good as the latter. The outline of the story is even a bit cheesy, however, the natural performance and the scenarios make this story convincing. I kept on thinking what if the end was not so lucky, since you can see how many difficulties Ace had been through and only then could he take the responsibility of a father. From this angle you can imagine how many much more disastrous stories happen every day in reality. I cried.

*City of God* was a punch in the stomach. *City of Men* is a much weaker film. It pulled its punches rather than kicked ass.

"By now, it's safe to say that the House of Meirelles is as chic as Chanel's." - Ed Gonzalez

A good film.

Even though this film is not as good as City of God, it is still a great film. Another interesting story and two great lead characters. Definitely check this film out.

More of a thematic and aesthetic continuation of City of God than an outright sequel, which i think actually works for the better. More (superficially) character-driven and less Scorsese-indebted than the first film (which i guess is why all the fanboys don't like it as much?), this is still brilliantly shallow entertainment of the highest degree.

Not quite as intense or gripping as City of God, but still very, very worthwile to watch.

While a good ending for the series (so much better than the last episode) and served as a nice extended episode, it's mostly forgettable. Best of all, it really created some great moments in the relationship between these two characters.

really wish i had seen it with subtitles instead. I really cannot believe there are no black voice actors out there. Very creepy to hear it all wrong.

Great film and conclusion to an outstanding television series. Not sure how well it holds up on it's own, certainly the minor characters are way underdeveloped if you haven't seen the TV show. Shot and directed beautifully. PS, this is NOT a sequel to City of God, nor is it nearly as good as that films too-good-to-be-true brilliance.