Bus 174 1 of the best documentaries ever!
This ranks up there with "Fog of War" and "Farenheit 911"!
shareAgreed. it's sad that this documentary had no hype here in brazil.
shareone of the best films ever
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i cried a lot of times during and after the film...until his death he had noone except that old man carrying his remains and his adoptive mother...he really is a good guy...so hurting that he was asphyxiated and suffocated by those police men...he was a peaceful man before that...i can relate...
sharetotally agree. *beep* brilliant
shareYeah I agree, this documentary tops the best.
"You can go home in a plastic bag tonight, John."
Vinnie "Big Chris" Jones
I watched this on IFC last night, I came in towards the middle, this film was so compelling, my heart was racing, I was glued! The high level of aniticipation is unreal in any film I've ever watched. I am continually stunned at how people are living in other countries and what they go through, these people were just on their way to work and school and were fighting and pleading for their lives in the end. I kept asking myself, "could this happen in the US' and would our police have allowed it to have gone on so long. I pray that a sharpshooter here would have taken him out. I highly recommend this film, I can't call it a movie, it's a wrenching look at an evil moment in human history.
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sharewatch bus 174 and then watch aileen life and death of a serial killer together, they are 2 similar documentaries, except in the later you get to see aileen speak about her life and how she became a killer
both documentaies are sad and touching showing the results of neglected kids
A similar situation happened with a bus full of children in Miami during the 90's. A guy who lost his job strapped explosives to his waist and threatened to kill the kids. A SWAT team stormed the bus and killed the guy in seconds.
The cops killed Geisa, not Sandro. Rio's police had snipers in standby at the wall of the Park across the street and they had many opportunities to shoot Sandro (I'm no trained shooter, but no way I would miss a shot from that distance) and they would have killed him if the state governor (the woman was the most incompetent administrator in Rio's history) hadn't ordered them not to shoot the man in front of the cameras. Unfortunately, their only attempt to kill Sandro ended with a bullet on Geisa's face. She was hit by 4 bullets, and Sandro had only three left on his gun. He only emptied his gun when they were on the floor, and she was probably already dead.
It seems that calling the police just made things worse. It would have been better if Sandro would have robbed the people on the bus and fled. A few years back the police shot a kid on his head while trying to kill a kidnaper and it seems that nothing was done by the state to improve the handling of such situations. While I dislike Rio's police for its abuse and corruption, I have to say that they receive no training, have no decent equipment (walkie talkies, for Christ sake!!!) and are not paid well enough. The result of such neglet by the polititians is presented with tears and blood on this movie.
I missed the beginning of the movie. What happened to the driver and the cashier of the bus? Did they jump?
I think the driver and another male passenger, a student I believe, are let go by Sandro shortly after the highjacking; never saw the cashier so I assume he and the driver were let go before the cameras arrived at the scene...
Amazing documentary indeed!
" i cried a lot of times during and after the film...until his death he had noone except that old man carrying his remains and his adoptive mother...he really is a good guy...so hurting that he was asphyxiated and suffocated by those police men...he was a peaceful man before that...i can relate... "
You're kidding, right? He was a peaceful man? He was an armed thief!!! When you use a gun you assume anything that happens to you. There is no way anybody can feel pity for Sandro, regardless of his upbringing.
You always have a choice.
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- He moves his lips when he reads. What does that tell you about him?
Exactly. I have noticed that many documentaries that are popular were made by liberals.
There are tons of documentaries about poor criminals who were accused of doing a crime in which they had not done it or ones about the mean US soldiers who tortured someone who was innocent but you do not hear them tell what happens when a soldier would be caught by the enemy. Much worse. But anyway. This movie could have been good but I slowly started to get annoyed by how they were constantly telling us what a poor victim he was and that he had no chances.
All the attention and empathy was for the killer and not for the girl he killed. No because she deserved it because she had lied to the guy with the gun. How dare she.
Then there is the fact that this guy did get chances. He had an aunt and a sister who wanted to help him. Later a woman gave him a room to sleep in and to feel at home but no he missed his criminal life so in the end I was sad but not for him but for the poor woman that was killed by him but also screwed over by the movie makers.
I was shocked by how much I enjoyed it. I almost voted it a 10 but decided to give it a 9.
shareI saw this documentary on Cinemax a few years ago, and could not take my eyes off the screen. The most amazing thing about this documentary was that it was transmitted live on all Brazilian TV networks (from start to finish)!
Cinemax has only showed this documentary once (that I know of) and I wish they would show it again because it was really good (SAD but good).
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It is one of the best I've ever, ever seen. Riveting. I have never forgotten this film since I saw it in 2002.
"Guys like you don't die on toilets." Mel Gibson-Riggs, Lethal Weapon