Elite Squad (2007)
On the streets of Rio only the elite survive
Director: José Padilha · Writers: José Padilha, Bráulio Mantovani, Rodrigo Pimentel
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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Director
José Padilha
Cast
Wagner Moura
Capitão Nascimento 
André Ramiro
André Matias 
Caio Junqueira
Neto 
Milhem Cortaz
Capitão Fabio 
Fernanda Machado
Maria 
Maria Ribeiro
Rosane 
Paulo Vilela
Edu 
Fernanda de Freitas
Roberta 
André Di Mauro
Pedro Rodrigues 
Fábio Lago
Baiano 
Erick Oliveira
Marcinho 
Patrick Santos
Tinho User Reviews (3)
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.
**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 de Janeiro: the poor areas that, from the top of the hills, observe the noblest neighborhoods of the city. I could talk a little more about these slums, called “favelas”, but the truth is that I don't know much about them. Until the first decades of the 20th century, the visitor walking the streets of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo or other cities would observe that the poorest generally lived in very compartmentalized buildings, called “cortiços”, scattered throughout the old neighbourho…
**As a brazilian, i can approve this movie as relatable** As a brazilian, this movie i can agree with. I love the drama, the action parts are good. But best of all, THE POLICE. In Rio de Janeiro, there are favelas that have drugs. THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS RUN BY CORRUPTION AND GREED. If you are portuguese, download the app called Globo and read the news. There are a bunch of cartels, gangs, and worst of all: MAFIAS. They've spread to the U.S. In Brazil, you cant trust the police, nor the government. The president of Brazil (bolconario or whatever his name is) got arrested for corruption because he stole from the government! This movie is relatable.
