Not too long ago, my colleagues and I spent a great deal of time ranking the 100 best movies of the 2000s , a list that was (spoiler alert) capped off by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund’s 2002 crime epic, City of God . This movie, which we gave a five-star review , pretty much changed my life and introduced me to world cinema when I was in high school. So you can imagine how stoked I was to find out that HBO is making a sequel series, which comes out really soon.
Starting August 25th, anyone with HBO or a Max subscription will be able to check out City of God: The Fight Rages On , a series that will pick up years after the events of the landmark film and show us what Alexandre Rodrigues’ Rocket has been up to since we last saw him. While I am kind of disappointed in myself for not putting two and two together when I was updating our 2024 TV schedule , I can honestly say my excitement trumps any shame, and I cannot wait to check this out. City Of God: The Fight Rages On Picks Up Two Decades After The 2002 Film From what I’ve read about the show and learned from the City of God: The Fight Rages On trailer , we’ll pick up two decades after the events of the original film as we follow Wilson “Rocket” Rodrigues as a professional photojournalist (remember, this was a big part of the movie).
Returning to his old stomping grounds to photograph everyone from drug dealers to politicians and police to protestors, it sounds like Rocket is going to have quite the experienc.