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‘Chungking Express’ is directed and written  by ‘Kar Wai Wong’ and was produced in 1994. ‘Chungking Express’ has won eight awards including ‘Best Actor’, ‘Best Actress’ and the ‘Hong Kong Film Award’. I would give ‘Chungking Express’ 3 out of 10 as I didn’t enjoy it as much as I enjoyed some other films such as ‘Tsotsi’ and ‘City of God’. ‘Chungkind Express’ is a film containing many genres including romance, drama and comedy.

City of God was one of my more favourite films which i have seen. I purchased the film a few weeks after i first previewed it. City of God is directed by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund and was produced in 2002. City of God has won an amazing 55 awards and is action, crime and drama genres of film. Set in Rio De Janeiro in Brazil City of God tells the story of two young boys who take different paths in life. One takes the path of being violent and a gang leader whilst the other one becomes a successful photographer. Rocket, the successful photographer goes round taking photographs of anything, although when the gang fights start, he gets himself into difficult situations by having to hide in order to capture moments without others seeing. As Li’l Ze owns the city and causes violence and fear, theres no getting back at him for anyone. He soon lets Li’l Dice have a place in his gang, and gets him involved in drugs and crime also.

‘Tsotsi’ is my favourite film out of the six we have seen so far. I really like this film as it shows the young boy, whose hardly an adult himself demonstrating that he is more than capable of being a father to the child which he finds in the back of the car at the beginning of the movie. I would give ‘Tsotsi’ 8 out of 10 as i really enjoyed it throughout, its a film i would tell people about and i am even going to order the DVD! Great storyline, great actors and an overall fantastic film. It kept me interested throughout and i enjoyed it more than City Of God (another of my more favourite films). Tsotsi is a highly successful film direct by the famous director Gavin Hood, who also directed films such as ‘Rendition’ and ‘X-Men Wolverine’. ‘Tsotsi’ was produced in 2005 and has won an amazing thirteen awards. A highly popular film with box office success set in Johannesburg in South Africa.

A complicated yet great movie directedby Mathieu Kassovitz created in the 1990s.  I didnt’t enjoy the film i thought it was violent and upsetting in places.

The film was about three young men set in France and was about riots and guns. The three young men had never been to school, they grew up in the same place that they were living at present time in the film. The three men found a handgun which a policeman lost during the riots which had taken place.

The main characters in the film were Abdel, Vinz, Hubert and Said. The film La Haine was a crime movie.

I though that the film ‘Once Were Warriors’ was full of violence, torture, unhapiness and anger. The film tells the story of a mother named Beth, who regularly gets beaten up and abused by her so called loving husband Jakey, who leaves her with black eyes, feeling scared and unhappy. The film was set in New Zealand and demonstrates poverty, for example when Jakey lost his job, his wife was concerned and believed that they were going to lose their home. I didn’t enjoy watching the film due to the violence throughout. Cigarettes, alcohol and violence all work together to create the theme of the film. One minute the family are happy and loving, everytime Jakey comes in drunk and beats up Beth – everything changes. When the family took a trip to see their son/brother the family grew closer together. The Father, Jakey was brought up by slaves, making the things he does seem right. Beth started hating Jakey and practically told him she’s fed up with him and the way he has his friends in their family home. Grace got really upset when she got raped by her uncle, as so turned to drugs along with her best friend. Jakey got angry with Grace, his daughter, when she refused to kiss her uncle, Grace then hung herself on the tree outside their family home. Jakey got very upset and turned to alcohol, he then tried cutting the tree down. In the end the son who got sent to the care place then ended up taking on the role of his father, helping his mother to look after the three children.