Elite Squad
On the streets of Rio only the elite survive
8.0 / 10
115 minutes
2007-10-12
Portuguese
BR
Actors :
Wagner Moura, André Ramiro, Caio Junqueira, Milhem Cortaz, Fernanda Machado, Maria Ribeiro, Fábio Lago, Erick Oliveira, Marcello Escorel, Roberta Santiago, Fernanda de Freitas, Paulo Vilela, Juliano Cazarré, Guilherme Guaral, André Di Mauro
Description
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.
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Reviews
Andres Gomez
6/23/2021, 3:57:37 PM
Decent movie with lots of strongly violent action. It stands up because it is staged in Rio and created by Brazilians. The plot is not very surprising but good enough.
Filipe Manuel Neto
12/15/2022, 7:08:14 AM
**One of the best films that Brazil exported internationally.** Being Portuguese, I believe that I know the realities of Brazil reasonably better than most foreigners. After all, historical and cultural ties connect the two countries to this day. For this reason, I am not at all surprised by the portrait that this film leaves us, about a world that rarely appears in the tourist magazines of Rio...