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Released Year: 2007
Runtime: 115 minutes
Directors: José Padilha
Casts: Wagner Moura, Caio Junqueira, André Ramiro, Milhem Cortaz, Fernanda Machado, Maria Ribeiro, Fábio Lago, Erick Oliveira, Marcelo Escorel, Roberta Santiago, Fernanda de Freitas, Paulo Vilela
IMDB: Elite Squad (2007)
Ratings: 
(4 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
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(4 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)Loading...Reviews
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New York Magazine (Vulture) -
The captain narrates in a punchy, journalistic style that gives Elite Squad an air of sociological realism--it bears a resemblance to viscerally exciting seventies urban thrillers like "The French Connection."
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Village Voice -
This latest pounding slice-of-thug-life thriller from Brazil packs the same cinematic firepower as "City of God," only on the other side of the law.
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Variety -
A one-note celebration of violence-for-good that plays like a recruitment film for fascist thugs.
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The Hollywood Reporter -
Poorly structured and at times incoherent.
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New York Post -
It boggles the mind to think that Elite Squad won the top prize at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival in February.
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Elite Squad (2007)
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.
Elite Squad (2007)
(4 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)Loading...
Information
Released Year: 2007
Runtime: 115 minutes
Directors: José Padilha
Casts: Wagner Moura, Caio Junqueira, André Ramiro, Milhem Cortaz, Fernanda Machado, Maria Ribeiro, Fábio Lago, Erick Oliveira, Marcelo Escorel, Roberta Santiago, Fernanda de Freitas, Paulo Vilela
IMDB: Elite Squad (2007)
Storyline
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
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New York Magazine (Vulture) -
The captain narrates in a punchy, journalistic style that gives Elite Squad an air of sociological realism--it bears a resemblance to viscerally exciting seventies urban thrillers like "The French Connection."
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Village Voice -
This latest pounding slice-of-thug-life thriller from Brazil packs the same cinematic firepower as "City of God," only on the other side of the law.
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Variety -
A one-note celebration of violence-for-good that plays like a recruitment film for fascist thugs.
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The Hollywood Reporter -
Poorly structured and at times incoherent.
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New York Post -
It boggles the mind to think that Elite Squad won the top prize at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival in February.
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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.
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.
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.
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.