Bus 174 (Ônibus 174) (2002)
Average Rating: 8.3/10
Reviews Counted: 76
Fresh: 75 | Rotten: 1
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Average Rating: 8.2/10
Critic Reviews: 26
Fresh: 26 | Rotten: 0
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In June of 2000, a young homeless man, evidently high on drugs, made a failed attempt to rob a bus in a wealthy Rio de Janeiro neighborhood. When his plans went awry, the young man, Sandro do Nascimento, armed with a pistol, took the bus passengers hostage. Soon, cops and reporters surrounded the bus. A SWAT team arrived. About four hours later, the incident came to a horrific and tragic end. Filmmaker José Padilha's documentary, Bus 174, explores the events of that day. The film uses a great
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A tense documentary with multiple layers of meaning.
Padilha allows neither easy answers nor ironic commentary, producing on both sides of the conflict a world of inconsolable grief.
Slightly overlong for overseas audiences, José Padilha's film (co-directed by editor Felipe Lacerda) makes it crystal clear why this incident proved so traumatic for many Brazilians.
Top CriticThis smart, absorbing movie, which has been sharply edited by Felipe Lacerda, never feels like it's spreading itself too thin.
An extraordinary portrait of a life lived always in the shadow of despair.
Interviews, images and events accumulate, driving the story to its sad end with the implacable momentum of a Greek tragedy.
Relentlessly gripping.
Masterful.
Much more troubling than any fiction...
Padilha lays out the story with a crusader's fury while remaining careful not to slight the testimony or the suffering of Sandro's hostages.
If City Of God cracked the skin, Bus 174 digs deep into the wound. An astounding, depressing triumph.
reminds audiences that simple techniques are sometimes the most effective means of telling a dramatic story
A stunning indictment of Brazil's social meltdown, this startling documentary plays like City Of God -- except this time the bullets are real.
As thoroughly researched as any documentary in recent memory.
A sizzling Brazilian real-life documentary by director Jose Padilha that outdoes reality TV in its dosage of reality.
Full of the kind of surprises, twists and cruel irony that have fueled many a Hollywood thriller.
Examines how this tragic saga stemmed from the deep fissures in Brazilian society, which pit a vast population of slum-dwelling street kids against the police and society at large.
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Foreign Titles
- Bus 174 (Onibus 174) (DE)
- Bus 174 (UK)
