| Rating: C+ Written by and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. Transmitted live on all Brazilian TV networks, this shocking and tragic-ending event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one of the scariest examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years. Bus 174 uses real-life tragedy as the grist for a gripping -- and terribly thought-provoking -- look at societal tensions and police violence. ....shouts Sandro, the central character, to the voyeuristic TV cameras, as his real-life predicament spirals towards its tragic and brutal denouement.And he's right - this film is far more compelling and dramatic than any Hollywood product - also far more poignant and touching.Director Padhila shows extraordinary skill in building the story to an unforgettable climax. This documentary examines the event itself, the resulting media frenzy, the police response, and the perpetrator's background. In June 2000, an armed gunman hijacked a bus in downtown Rio de Janeiro. HOW TO RIDE A BUS 1. New titles are added weekly - this includes movies and series added to Prime Video. On the Bus An emotive journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew. Sort by: Reynaldo Goulart's rating of the film Bus 174. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL WESTBOUND BUSES WILL DEPART FROM GATE #207 AT PORT AUTHORITY, AND WE CONTINUE TO OPERATE ON WEEKDAYS ONLY. So José Padilha (as both a writer, researcher and director) starts with the greatest episode of "Cops" in history. Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway in Jim Thorpe, PA! The entire audience walked out in stunned speechlessness.If you were impressed by "City of God", check out this slice of real life from Rio de Janiero - a world-class piece of documentary-making, and a stinging indictment of the divisions that scar Brazilian society. Use Google Transit or download the METRO Trip App on your smart phone. An incredibly infuriating and saddening plight of a homeless child escalating into a violent hostage situation over a decade later. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Included are details about the captor's harsh childhood after witnessing his mother's murder. Use Google Transit or download the METRO Trip App on your smart phone. | Rating: 4/4 Pay your fare. Please enable scripts and reload this page. team could have easily ended the event with a well-placed rifle shot when he had his head out the window (no danger of the heavy glass window deflecting the bullet) and with his gun also out the window and not to his hostage's head. Add to cart . WE APOLOGIZE TO THOSE AFFECTED. Please try again. Faruk meets a violinist girl and falls in love with her. | Rating: 3.5/4, March 5, 2004 Use our free Next Bus Arrival Texting service to find real-time bus arrivals and avoid unneeded time in the Houston heat, rain or cold. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. An angry, strung-out former street kid, he spent an afternoon threatening his hostages while the lurid drama was broadcast live over the national TV networks. Official music video for "Let Me" by ZAYN. Unfortunately, there was not a man or well-trained woman on the bus to disarm this jerk, as it would have been relatively easily by someone of equal strength or training.
For me though, the most brilliant thing about Bus 174 is that, for all the psychology, sociology and criminology it contains, it's also formally dazzling. Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. While what Sandro did was clearly wrong, its hard reconciling it with the fact that society had a hand in making him who he was. A stunning indictment of Brazil's social meltdown, this startling documentary plays like City Of God -- except this time the bullets are real. PLEASE CLICK THE IMAGE BELOW FOR FULL SCHEDULE AND DETAILS ON OUR REMAINING SERVICE (INCLUDES STANHOPE). On the surface, it's a police procedural, recounting the June 2000 hijacking of a Rio de Janeiro bus by a former street child that gets botched by both the police and the perpetrator and so turns into a hostage situation and then worse on national TV (think the OJ-Bronco chase). You can watch movies and content from BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All4, Channel 5 and more. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Leading up to its shattering conclusion, the film makes us watch what otherwise we'd too readily avoid, and in the end, Sandro gets his wish.
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