Fernando Meirelles is one of the top Brazilian directors, if not the best. When I started watching the movie, I saw his style and was wondering that he would do that again. The initial scene with the prostitute looked very real and the movie promised. But even with strong performances from Anthony Hopkins, Ben Foster and Maria Flor, the movie never took off. The stereotypes made the movie uninteresting: Russian mobsters, an easy Brazilian girl, men looking for prostitutes when traveling. And there are no closing in the stories. The end of the movie is abrupt and without explanation. It could have been a good movie, with a more developed screenplay. 6 out of 10.
