Title: Elite Squad
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Languages: English
Genres: Drama, Action, Crime,
Runtime: 1:55:00 Hour
Cast: Wagner Moura, André Ramiro, Caio Junqueira
Directors: José Padilha
MPA Rating: R
Rating: 8.1 (2736 Votes)
TomatoMeter: 51 %
Audiance Score: 87 %
Critics Consensus: Brutal, action heavy, Brazilian cop film with a pointless voiceover. Lacks flair, overdoes the violence and is never quite sure where its morals lie.
Year: 2007
Summary: 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.