Elite Squad
Tropa de Elite
2007 · 1h 55m · Action, Crime, Drama · Brazil · Rated R (US)
On the streets of Rio only the elite survive
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.
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corrupt officerscriminal factionscycle of violencedrug dealerdrug traffickingfavelaslaw enforcementmoral conflictpolice brutalitypower abuserio de janeirorookie officersslumspecial forcestorturing policewar on drugs
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