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Bonnie 2022-03-21 09:01:10

This is a city without God.
At that time, the land of our country was covered up with violence again and again. Unlike this film, the perpetrator was powerful and invincible.

Regarding the ending: It
seems to be a game of disorder and rules. Just as in "The Godfather", there is always a re-showdown of rights every ten years. Every x years, a young man will come out to kill the boss and dominate himself. If the city of God continues, when the boy who killed Li Si in the film, when they grow up to Li Si's age, they will also die at the hands of the boy. The desire for power is terrible.


To put it simply, this is a film in which I witnessed violence when I was a teenager, and became violent when I grew up.
The most effective rules for surviving in the city of God are to kill, kill dissidents, rob others of business, and build a good relationship with Tiaozi. It is not the violence wrapped in suits and shoes in "The Godfather", which requires too much cover up, but direct and naked. Softheartedness and negligence are undesirable, and killings often happen. Although the handsome boxing champion did not kill Li Si, the cause was caused by this, and a subtle chain reaction of fate took place. At this moment, I remembered the scene. When the old man blessed Zie to become Li Si, he advised him: Never make love while wearing the blessed thing, or you will die. When Li Si raped the handsome boxer's girlfriend, he forgot this. It seems that even the director has forgotten this, probably because he does not want to bring mysticism into the film.

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  • Mitchell 2021-10-20 18:58:54

    After seeing Brazil, I know how stable our country is...

  • Athena 2022-03-24 09:01:11

    4.5; The audiovisual skills are too dazzling-the long mirror passes through the slums forgotten by the Lord, the implied chaos and turmoil in the hand (used so closely), the concentration of the plot in the split screen, the gorgeous editing is a great contribution (effectively cut out A huge network of relationships, its high-speed feel fits the overall tone very well, it can be called a template editing), the soundtrack hits the heart every minute (Benny’s farewell party was dumbfounded, the light passed through the music and died The place of arrival is still, wonderfully handled), and the multi-line narrative interweaves a thick text (the narrative is closed and the achievement is complete). It’s hard to be unsatisfied to watch such a film. The almost crazy violence is mixed with black humor, and the thoughts are all horrible; a no-owner place shrouded in the circle of wrongdoings and crimes, where the lines overlap. How ordinary people who once harbored a gleam of conscience stepped into cruel fires and didn’t understand how children used guns to kill drugs as male heroes; the ending was even more shocking-Xiaobawang fell, but there will be more rebellions after the waves spring up, cue to a certain Wei/bing was taken aback.

City of God quotes

  • Buscapé: You need more than guts to be a good gangster. You need ideas.

  • Buscapé: [after Dadinho kills many people in a motel] That night, Dadinho killed his dream of kill.