I myself am a huge fan of the original 'city of god' but was surprised to watch this spin off and find it very middle grounded. there are many differences between the two, most of them working negatively towards COM.In COG, the use of short, sharp editing and hand-held camera work gave the feeling of realism, the gritty surroundings of Rio were portrayed in a more convincing manner than they are in City of men.If you have an expectancy to view an insight into hoodlums' lives and actions you will most likely be let down overall, COM deals with the two main characters, both young and naive, it shows their schooling, their everyday chores instead of a real deep insight into crime.overall, it was not what i expected or even wanted, but if you liked city of god but found it maybe a wee too grim, city of men does water it down a level. the level of enjoyment does depend on what you want out of this mini series.in a nutshell; a soap opera but with violence 5/10 - not as crime based as i would of imagined,

This is the story of two kids that leave in Rio DE Janeiro. From the same creators of "City of God", with the same actors. While "City of God" is more about traffic of drugs in Rio DE Janeiro, this movie is more about the community that lives there. It's a comedy with a touch of drama and the traffic of drugs in this movie it's only a background!With an excellent group of actors, the principal characters(Laranjinha and Acerola) are interpreted by Douglas Silva and Darlan Cunha. If you like this type of movies, this will probably be one of the best films you'll ever seen. In my opinion better than "City of God". Excellent in all aspects..

If you have seen the «City of God» movie... and you really enjoy it... You just have to run and see this mini-series.With the same actors, the same and other directors, and with the same landscape (Brazilian «Favelas»), Cidade dos Homens is a great mini-series, that show us how is the live, dead, living, love, fun, sadness on the Brazilian «Favelas».Another interesting thing about this young actors, is that most of them, actually were young kids that used to live on the streets of Rio de Janeiro, because of this are now having a normal live, with other perspectives. I'm sure most of them will have a great future on the movies or cinema works.Great Job... I'm only sad because it ended... ;-)

Cidade dos Homens uses the same ingredients that made Cidade de Deus such an amazing film: Fast and inteligent dialogs, which usually focus on the violence of RJ, beautiful art work, great soundtrack and talent kids. Now, in it's second season, the show continues to show us with humor and drama how much stuff is wrong in this powerful country. Its a shame that not many other countries will be able to see this.