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8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7

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  1. AncizarA.
    Sep 16, 2001
    8
    Good movie.
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  2. IgnacioW.
    Feb 17, 2004
    10
    Excelente película !!, Lo mejor que se ve en los clubes de video. Medellín la ciudad vilenta, Nedellín La ciudad de colorido y grandes contrastes, Medellín actual llena de jovenes y de construcciones viejas, de gente temperamentasl, humana, Medellín moderna con gente hermosa. un rotundo 10!
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  3. AndreuH.
    May 23, 2004
    1
    Unconvincing. Like a South American television soap. The writer should know better. Criticises Columbian politicians whilst doing nothing to kerb the amoral excesses of his sleeping partners.
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  4. MauricioR.
    May 17, 2002
    10
    Even though this movie shows the bad side of a city full of beautiful things, I think this movie carries an expectacular reality of the violence that Medellin experiences.
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Metascore

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 25
  2. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. 40
    Far from creating a pungent portrait of a society gone mad with blood and greed, Schroeder's movie strives for political points while it's whiffing on simplicities like character, motivation, and believability.
  2. As the film, with its haunting score and inspired use of popular music, builds flawlessly to its resounding conclusion, it is accompanied by a pitch-dark humor that grows out of the sheer absurdity of the city's daily body count.
  3. An utterly nihilistic, harrowingly upsetting vision of hell on earth.