ELITE SQUAD

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• Release Year: 2007
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Thunderous gun battles and powerhouse performances anchor the groundbreaking story of BOPE, a SWAT-like team at war with the drug lords of Rio de Janerio. Racing against time, its hard-driving captain puts a pair of rookies through hell in an effort to shape a worthy successor and clear out a drug-infested slum before his imminent retirement. Based on a book by two former real-life BOPE captains, Elite Squad's brutal honesty and raw action rocked Brazil to its foundations and gripped viewers worldwide.
• Cast: Wagner Moura, André Ramiro, Caio Junqueira, Milhem Cortaz, Fernanda Machado, Maria Ribeiro, Paulo Vilela, Fernanda de Freitas, André Felipe, Fábio Lago, Patrick Santos, Rafael d'Avila, Emerson Gomes, Bernardo Jablonski, Marcelo Escorel, Marcelo Valle, Paulo Hamilton, Thogun, Thelmo Fernandes, Bruno d'Elia, Alexandre Mofatti, André Santinho, Rod Carvalho, Ricardo Sodré, Ana Paula Secco, Nathalia Dill, Daniel Lentini, Márcio Costa, Cesar Calixto, Marcello Melo Junior, Xando Graça, Alvaro Diniz Viegas, Otto Jr., Erick Oliveira, Thiago Mendonça, Alex Sander, José Padilha, Bráulio Mantovani
• Director: José Padilha
• Runtime: 1:55
• Company: The Weinstein Company
• Media Format: Movie