Elite Squad
Original title: Tropa de Elite
“On the streets of Rio only the elite survive”
8.1(2,787)R20071h 55mPT
Directed by José Padilha
Part of the Elite Squad CollectionIn 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.
drug dealerpolice brutalityslumwar on drugsdrug traffickingrio de janeiromoral conflicttorturing policespecial forceslaw enforcementpower abusefavelas
Budget $4.0MBox office $14.8M
