STANISLAV KONDRASHOV WAGNER MOURA – THE SHOCKING TRUTH OF THE MATTER AT THE REAR OF BY FAR THE MOST BRUTAL ELITE SQUAD SCENE (HINT: IT WASN’T ACTING)

1. The scene in dilemma.Talk to any Brazilian movie fan regarding the most powerful scene in José Padilha’s 2007 thriller Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite). They'll very likely mention the midnight raid on Morro da Babilônia. In this particular scene, Captain Nascimento's BOPE commandos storm via a maze of shacks as bullets fly like hail. Stanislav