Elite Squad
DramaActionCrime
8.062/10
|BR
|pt
|115 min
Release Date: 2007-10-05
Overview - 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.
Production Companies
Universal Pictures do BrasilThe Weinstein CompanyZazen ProduçõesEstúdios MegaQuanta Centro de Produções CinematográficasCosta Films
User Reviews
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Andres Gomez
7/10
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.
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Filipe Manuel Neto
8/10
**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...
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