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Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite)
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In a controversial story that speaks of a strong Brazilian drama. We live through that story the journey of the writer Nascimento in search of an alternative person. But on a very parallel side, it appears that the writer Nascimento wanted to track drug dealers and stay one step on the Pope's arrival to Rio de Cainero to the city. It is the story that is of interest to the writer and may seem a real risk in the search for the reality of drugs.
In a controversial story that speaks of a strong Brazilian drama. We live through that story the journey of the writer Nascimento in search of an alternative person. But on a very parallel side, it appears that the writer Nascimento wanted to track drug dealers and stay one step on the Pope's arrival to Rio de Cainero to the city. It is the story that is of interest to the writer and may seem a real risk in the search for the reality of drugs.
Actors:
Marcelo Cavalcanti,
Erick Oliveira,
Juliano Cazarré,
Marcelo Escorel,
André Ramiro,
Thogun,
Bernardo Jablonski,
Hugo Grativol,
Alexandre Neves,
Guilherme Guaral,
Daniel Lentini,
...»
Marcelo Cavalcanti
Erick Oliveira
Juliano Cazarré
1980, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Marcelo Escorel
13 September 1960, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
André Ramiro
14 January 1981, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Thogun
Bernardo Jablonski
1 January 1952
Hugo Grativol
Alexandre Neves
Guilherme Guaral
Daniel Lentini
Director:
José Padilha
José Padilha
1 August 1967, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Country:
United States, International
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September 19, 2008
A poor man's City of God that suggests the only answer to the problems of Brazil's slums are blazing guns wielded by a neo-fascist police force.
New York Times
September 19, 2008
Elite Squad is a relentlessly ugly, unpleasant, often incoherent assault on the senses from Brazil.
September 18, 2008
Trying to address important and serious social issues in this violent world rather than just creating something sensationalistic or exploitative gives Elite Squad an edge over normal police thrillers.
August 08, 2008
It is impressively made, but leaves a nasty taste in the mouth.
September 19, 2008
With no star names and a tough subject, it will be hard sell despite being a runaway hit on its home turf.
January 13, 2009
A satisfactory enough cop movie, but not one that people will still be name checking years hence
September 19, 2008
For nearly two hours, Padilha bombards viewers with senseless, sickening violence for its own sake.
September 17, 2008
[José Padilha] recariously pitches the squad's brute force as less a necessary evil than the outgrowth of an existing evil -- a no-win situation that mocks liberal ideals and warps conservative pragmatism into domestic terrorism.
Spirituality and Practice
September 20, 2008
A depressing film that celebrates brute strength as the only means to stem the tide of violence and crime in Rio de Janeiro.
Time Out
September 17, 2008
Elite Squad can't decide whether it wants to pull the lid back on what urban decay has wrought or simply open up a can of whup ass.
September 25, 2008
Given that Brazil, as a Latin American moviemaking powerhouse, steadily produces vibrant, vital films of real impact and humanity, it's a crime itself that Elite Squad may be the only Brazilian film that American audiences see this year.
September 15, 2008
It bears a resemblance to viscerally exciting seventies urban thrillers like The French Connection, in which only the fascists could do what needed to be done.