Blow vs City of God
City of God has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.4/10 for Blow). Blow is the shorter watch at 2h 4m compared with 2h 9m. Blow is the older of the two (2001 against 2002). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Blow
City of God| Blow | City of God | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2001 | 2002 |
| Length | 2h 4m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Ted Demme | Fernando Meirelles |
| Main cast | Franka Potente, Ray Liotta, Miguel Sandoval, Ethan Suplee, Johnny Depp | Alice Braga, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Phellipe Haagensen |
Synopsis
Blow
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he…
City of God
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
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