City of God vs Cruel Train
City of God has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 3.3/10 for Cruel Train). Cruel Train is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 9m. Cruel Train is the older of the two (1995 against 2002). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
City of God
Cruel Train| City of God | Cruel Train | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 3.3/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 1995 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Fernando Meirelles | Malcolm McKay |
| Main cast | Alice Braga, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Phellipe Haagensen | Minnie Driver, Richard Ridings, David Suchet, Gerard Horan, Alec McCowen |
Synopsis
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.
Cruel Train
In wartime England, railway official Ruben Roberts discovers that his wife was sexually abused as a child by the Chairman of the Line, also her godfather. With her assistance, Ruben plots murder on the Brighton Express.
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