Elite Squad Poster

Elite Squad

On the streets of Rio only the elite survive

Starring: Wagner Moura, André Ramiro, Caio Junqueira, Milhem Cortaz, Fernanda Machado

Writer: Luiz Eduardo Soares, José Padilha, André Batista, Rodrigo Pimentel, Bráulio Mantovani

Release Date:
October 5, 2007
Ratings:
8.1 / 10
Director:
José Padilha
Companies:
Universal Pictures do Brasil

Overview

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.