Elite Squad

Name: Elite Squad
Director: José Padilha
Genre: Drama, Action, Crime
Released: 2007-10-05
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Wagner Moura, André Ramiro, Caio Junqueira, Milhem Cortaz, Fernanda Machado

Original title: Tropa de Elite

“On the streets of Rio only the elite survive”

8.1(2,841)R20071h 55mPT

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Directed by José Padilha

Part of the Elite Squad Collection

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.

Details

drug dealerpolice brutalityslumwar on drugsdrug traffickingrio de janeiromoral conflicttorturing policespecial forceslaw enforcementpower abusefavelas

Budget $4.0MBox office $14.8M