Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, Indonesia... Gangster movies can make those of us in the peaceful zone feel the fierceness and chaos from the other side of the world.
Mexico, too close to the United States, too far from God; the slums of Brazil, where God can't reach out; South Africa, the region where demons take over, are even more a haven for criminals. Burning and plundering, people at the bottom are forced by life, starvation is commonplace, government inaction, drug dealers are rampant, many minors have joined various criminal groups early, and gangs are everywhere....
Today I recommend five gangster movies in these places, they are extremely violent, but they also present the real living environment of people in these areas, which makes people sigh that civilization is by no means the common wealth of mankind.
<h1 class= "title" >1, "City of God"</h1>
The capital of Brazil, in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, is known as the "City of God" and is where the devil turns around with a sigh. The film uses the experiences of several teenagers born and raised here to witness the changes and fights between its brutal, ambitious, betrayal and revenge gangs for more than two decades. Underage teenagers fight with guns and kill people without blinking; gangsters fight each other and constantly rotate; drug cartels flout the government and commit crimes with great fanfare.
It is a chaotic hell, a paradise for criminals, a place of deep suffering, but also a beloved home for countless people. The director's superb editing and extremely fluent declarative narrative present the suffering lives of the people here, showing the era of sin and development. The whole movie viewing process is full of excitement, shocking and refreshing, taking you to understand the same world, but very different gangsters.
<h1 class= "title" >2, Jerusalem</h1>
Much like the City of God, the film tells the story of a slum-dwelling grassroots kid who grows up to become a gangster in South Africa's sleepless city.
Where there is money, there is greed, where there is poverty, greed is magnified, humanity is destroyed, the story is based on real events, the protagonist Razi Kunené has his own person, he has witnessed the suffering of the South African people since he was a child, dreaming of being a Robin Hood who "robbed the rich and helped the poor". He had read books, and in this place of extremely low educational attainment, he had advantages that no one else had.
Facts have proved that he does have his own "criminal principles", not to sell drugs, to endure humiliation, not to kill innocents, and even to seek the welfare of people in the slums. Of course, the criminal is still a criminal, he snatched the property of the capital businessman, took it for himself, and also formed a deep hatred with the drug trafficking gang, killing people and goods, he gradually drifted away from his original dream, and where will his final destination go...
The unique regional landscape and the life of the people at the bottom of south Africa's slums are particularly shocking. People are so accustomed to burning and plundering that they are completely numb. This is unbearable for us, but people in these places can still live optimistically. Survival has become accidental, death has become the norm, carnival in hell, fighting in the human world, turning over love and hate in the bitter sea, and fate is inevitable in the world...
<h1 class = "title" >3, Elite Force</h1>
No matter how rampant criminals are, there will still be righteous people fighting in blood, there will still be brave people who dare to fight the darkness, even if the light has been corrupted and torn.
Brazil's capital, home to more than 700 slums, is home to more than 2 million Rio people, filled with the poor, and a haven for drug dealers and criminals. They are notorious, and so is the real world. Fights between gangs and drug gangs are commonplace, nameless bodies are often seen on the streets, and government officials are shot and even tortured. The most frightening thing is not how cruel the drug dealers are, but that monetary interests have eroded the government system, and the police have become accomplices of criminals, and it is the civilian people who suffer.
"Elite Force" tells the story of two policemen in the elite unit of the Rio District Gendarmerie who fight with drug dealers. They not only have to confront the most vicious drug dealers, but also prevent being betrayed by undercover agents inside. They face the threat of death every day. Trying to save the crippled judicial and police systems and to eliminate drug trafficking gangs.
During the filming of the film, a vehicle with 90 guns was robbed in Rio, which is also the capital of Brazil, which shows how chaotic the local area is. In addition, incidents such as the robbery of crew members and police raids on slums also occur from time to time, and the difficulty of shooting is staggering.
<h1 class = "title" >4, Elite Troops: Enemy Current</h1>
As the second part of "Elite Force", this one has a high score of 8.7, which is a step further on the basis of the previous 8 points, maintaining a high standard of the series, which makes people's blood boil and shock.
The "gangsters" in this movie are not only drug dealers and criminals, but also corrupt police forces. These policemen are like flies in broad daylight, stretching their tentacles into the slums of Rio, where they bully the city, collude with officials and bandits, and poor people struggle to survive the violence of criminals and the lies of the police. For Robert Nassiberto, the leader of the elite forces, it was even more difficult to exert themselves in this chaotic quagmire, and the recourse to justice and justice became a greater test for himself and the elite troops.
The action and fight scenes in this film are not particularly numerous, but the rhythm is very tight, and the camera depicts the oppression of the poor by the Brazilian corrupt system, and each shot is very real and shocking, and such things still happen in these places, I don't know if there is a righteous person like the protagonist to do justice.
<h1 class = "title" >5, Raid 2: Thugs</h1>
The Raid series has 2 films, all worth watching, this is a pure action series, the story takes place in the evil Jakarta, the protagonist single-handedly rebelled against gangsters and corrupt officials. The fight from beginning to end is boiling with blood, and there are no more lines, not more than a word of nonsense. The instruments are close to hand-to-hand combat, the scene is splashed with blood, the moves are fierce and vicious, and people are very enjoyable to watch.
Director Grace Evans is a die-hard fan of action movies himself, and his adjustment of action scenes is also varied. The perverted killer takes turns, and as many as 11 action scenes are cool from beginning to end, and action movie lovers are not to be missed.
Compared with European, American, Japanese, Korean and domestic gangster films, gangster films in South Asia, South Africa and South America are obviously larger in scale, and the stories are more daring to shoot, which is also because they are in specific chaotic and poor countries, which not only reflects a more real and tragic real world, but also reflects the struggle and resistance to cruel fate and evil forces.