“Elite Squad” on Netflix

"Elite Squad", the 2007 Brazilian-produced crime thriller based on the novel “Elite da Tropa” by Luiz Eduardo Soares, André Batista and Rodrigo Pimentel, is directed by José Padilha, starring Wagner Moura, Caio Junqueira and André Ramiro, now streaming on Netflix:

“…’Roberto Nascimento’ (Moura), a captain with the ‘Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais’ aka ‘BOPE’ …

“…leads a police crackdown on a series of Rio de Janeiro ‘favelas’ …

“…in-preparation for the Brazilian state visit of ‘Pope John Paul II’.”

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