Frères de crime

Movies like Tropa d'elite and Ciudade de Deus are one of my favourites, with the raw Brazilian mentality and how hard life can be over there. If you like those kind of movies, you'll like this series too. Irmandade - the Brotherhood - is a terrific show with a great depiction of the mismanagement of Brazilian prisons. It also shows the great strength of people - if they are well organised - who want to fight aforementioned injustice. Very well told with some surprising twists.

One of the best series made in Brazil, with a great ending and so surprising the plot, I thougt it was going to be a jail series more, but not, Great acting and direction!!

Fast paced series, with many things going on every episode that really pushes you to continue watching all in a row. As a south american, what happens in Brazil is almost identical to the rest of the neighbor countries, but in Brazil the violence and the riots reach extremes, as maybe you saw in real news.

Worth watching.

I didn't expect much when I started to watch the first show, especially not that I would watch all 8 in one go. It is a great series showing the failed, corrupt Brazilian police and prison system. Marvelous acting makes you sometimes feel that you are in the middle of all that action. Can't wait for season 2.

Another great series from O2 Filmes (the same producer company behind the classic film "City of God") focused on social issues in Brazil with a high production value and an entertaining thriller plot.