Tribu

... you can be forgiven for saying/thinking this is riding on the "City of God/Men" wave or tries to gain profit from the success of the movies/franchise that has been built. But that wouldn't be completely fair to the movie.

Very independently made, it feels like a documentary (well it sort of is, the "actors" being real gang members). Which helps the movie or it's rawness. The Hip Hop influence is apparent, although as the director stated after the movie's screening, that was mostly down to the "actors", their choices. Which makes it more real again, but might be a turn-off for many.

I really would like to watch a making of, because after all the director told it must have been one crazy experience (real guns and escalations included). He even told the audience that some of the actors had been shot after the principal photography was over (= the movie was shot). His intentions are very noble, but I'm afraid, because of the violence and the swearing, the right people (politicians) won't see this movie.