The long-awaited follow-up to Fernando Meirelles’s 2002 Brazilian crime thriller, City of God, opens in about 75 theaters nationwide today. Cinematical has a full review of the film,” which is mostly positive.

A few excerpts: “Though City of Men is far less violent and shocking than City of God, it does feature its share of action…However, City of Men is neither as stylistically fresh nor as powerfully raw as City of God.”

The trailer is below.