content: I don't understand how people could love this movie as much as some apparently do. The fact that its the only american movie where the hero is specifically a capoeirista does not make up for the fact that the script is horrible and very little of the capoeira in the movie is actually worth watching unless you are completely unfamiliar with the art. For me, this movie was painful to watch. The first roda with Mestre Amen at the beginning was pretty cool, but that's about it. Rent this movie first! Don't buy it only to find out that it's a horribly cheesy "Dangerous Minds" with capoeira. If you want capoeira, get Jogo de Capoeira and see much more capoeira and avoid the unfortunate plot of this movie.