7/10
Brazilian martial arts + bad guys from Rio d Janeiro + catchy soundtrack= a C+ movie
13 March 2006
This movie explores the Brazilian self defense dance capoeira which is not known much about unless you've seen it. Lewis(Dacascos)returns to the high school from which he came where he is hired to teach a group of delinquents capoeira in order to harness their otherwise bad habits. He runs into some serious problems with a leader of the gang and city, Silverio(Prieto). Lewis may be getting involved with a problem that he can't solve in this action/martial arts movie. "Only the Strong" brings to light a very interesting capoeira that is otherwise unknown to common knowledge. The soundtrack also deserves some attention if you have any respect for music around the world. This movie throws in the catchy music that introduces the unique berimbau instrument that is used during the jogo (the game). Overall, "Only the Strong" was a C+ to B- movie on the basis of knowledge gained from it and overall originality that it took to create it on a low budget.
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