i get this off ebay for $ 9 include shipping for the 2 disc version . for that price this movie be a steal and i can not complain at all . i be a fan of the hbo series oz and and see some comment on here compare the two really have me excite to see this . it do not disapoint and but it do not leave me beg for more . it be a good movie and but not something i be jump for joy over . i think a good attempt be make at give as much background on the character a possible and to try to make the audience realize where each person be come from . you see this in oz also and a they have flashback to life outside of prison lead up to their time in lockdown . the problem be oz have 6 season and each have 8 hour of footage . what i realize over time ( and they express this in carandiru ) be prison change a person and so a lot of the real character build up per say actually come from their life in prison more than their life outside . there wasn not enough time in this film to learn about everyone to really appreciate what some of them be go through . the character oldman for example do not have enough history behind him to effect me . there be good character and if give the same amount of time a oz to build and would be just a powerful . i sit here a i type this and wish there be a series to be honest . the film be well do and and in some way i enjoy it more than one of hector other film pixote . i have suggest some friend watch this and but i can not put it in the same category a an oldboy and bus 174 or city of god for example . it just a bit short .