| | Elite Squad DVD
| Category | Action DVDs, Action/Adventure Movies, Foreign Films Videos, Mystery, Crime, Based On A Novel, True Story, Violence, Drugs, Corruption, Portuguese | | Starring | Wagner Moura, Milhem Cortaz, Fernanda De Freitas, Caio Junqueira, Fabio Lago, Fernanda Machado, Andre Ramiro, Maria Ribeiro | | Director | Jose Padilha | | Composer | Pedro Bromfman | | Director of Photography | Lula Carvalho | | Producer | Braulio Mantovani, Jose Padilha, Marcus Prado | | Screenwriter | Braulio Mantovani, Jose Padilha, Rodrigo Pimental | | Source Writer | Luiz Eduardo Soares |
An action-packed thriller that follows an elite police battalion as they clean up a drug-ridden Rio de Janeiro slum to prepare for a visit from the pope. Trained to destroy any obstacles in their path, the officers struggle to do what's right in a corrupt system and deadly environment. Director: Jose Padilha (Bus 174). One of the most notorious releases in the history of Brazilian cinema, Jose Padilha's ELITE SQUAD exposes the rampant corruption plaguing Rio de Janeiro from a policeman's point of view. The only problem is that, in Rio, the police are as corrupt as the criminals themselves, creating a ferociously violent atmosphere. Even the BOPE squad, an elite police force called in when the regular units are out of their league, resort to tactics that border on fascist. The film's narrator, Captain Nascimento (Wagner Moura), is increasingly tormented by the high-pressure situations he finds himself in on a daily basis--the city's favelas are like unmonitored war zones--and he yearns for the day when he can retire and enjoy a normal life with his pregnant wife. But he won't turn in his papers until he's able to find a suitable replacement. Two of the squad's latest recruits, Matias (Andre Ramiro) and Neto (Caio Junquiera), childhood friends with different perspectives on the corruption they encounter, might just do the trick. Nascimento tests their mettle once and for all when they are ordered to secure one of the region's most dangerous favelas. Padilha brings a documentary-like realism to ELITE SQUAD, which is as assaulting an experience as a movie can get (his first film, the riveting BUS-174, was, in fact, a documentary). Based on the book TROPA DE ELITE by Luiz Eduardo Soares, Andre Batista, and co-screenwriter Rodrigo Pimentel, Padilha's controversial glimpse into Rio's nightmarish criminal world will challenge and disturb viewers. Elite Squad Reviews: 3 stars out of 5 -- "ELITE SQUAD detachedly documents the unwinnable war between the slumlords and the state."-- Matt Glasby, Total Film "In this chilling and, by all accounts, accurately researched world, no one is innocent....Padihla adeptly arranges his numerous characters and plot strands..."-- Demetrios Matheou, Sight and Sound 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his is a frantic depiction of police brutality in the slums of Rio de Janeiro....Exhaustively researched, ELITE SQUAD picked up the Golden Bear at Berlin..."-- Empire Staff, Empire
This is the only Fernanda De Freitas video. Stars also making their debut in this video: Caio Junqueira, Fabio Lago, Fernanda Machado, Andre Ramiro. Elite Squad | List Price | $14.95 (You save $5.26) | | Studio | Genius Productions | | Orig Year | 2008 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  16859  | | CD Universe Part number | 7668940 | | Catalog number | 81548 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 14, 2008 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | for strong violence, pervasive language and drug content | | Also Known As | Tropa de Elite | | Running Time | 118 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled |
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