Elite Squad (2007)

Name: Elite Squad
Released: 2007
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Wagner Moura, André Ramiro, Caio Junqueira, Milhem Cortaz, Fernanda Machado

• Movies, Action, Crime, Drama

• 115 min

8.0

On the streets of Rio only the elite survive

Directed by: José Padilha
Casting: Wagner Moura, André Ramiro, Caio Junqueira, Milhem Cortaz, Fernanda Machado, Maria Ribeiro, Fábio Lago, Erick Oliveira, Marcello Escorel, Roberta Santiago, Fernanda de Freitas, Paulo Vilela, Juliano Cazarré, Guilherme Guaral, André Di Mauro, Thelmo Fernandes, Paulo Hamilton, Sandro Rocha, Thiago Mendonça, Nathalia Dill, Álamo Facó, Otto Jr., Jack Berraquero, Emerson Gomes, Rafael d'Avila, Bento Ribeiro
Countries: Brazil
Premiere: 2007-10-12
Status: Released

Tags: drug dealer, police brutality, slum, war on drugs, drug trafficking, rio de janeiro, torturing police, special forces, law enforcement, admiring

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.