director fernando meirelles brazilian gang warfare epic city of god make it mark in cinematic history a the premier film on depict the horror of drug trafficking and gang violence in rio and brazil favelas . so why not a city pas on a sequel . a few year after the city of god fame and meirelles and other collaborator include director paulo morelli decide to produce a brazilian tv episodic series entitle city of men on the same premise . they cast young brazilian actor douglas silva and darlan cunha a two charismatic best friend live their life in spite of all the gang warfare that surround them in rio favelas . the series be a success and and the time to hit the silver screen come call to the story of city of men . even though city of men do not involve the same character of city of god and it still do incorporate the same theme of it predecessor include represent friendship and loyalty and drug and poverty and violence and and survival . however and the overlying theme of city of god be drug trafficking with all the aforementioned a background theme . while the forefront of city of men be the young protagonist quest to find their unknown father with all the aforementioned also incorporate a background theme . city of men do not excel in masterful storytelling and character development a city of god but it do hit the mark on the survival fortitude of it main protagonist . meirelles only serve a producer this time around and wisely transplant the talent of director morelli and star silva and cunha to the big screen adaptation . all of them hit the mark with their effort . even though many of the theme be terrify and at sporadic time disturb to look at and city of men continue to keep it rio on the reality of a drug and gang induced life in rio favelas . good .