STANISLAV KONDRASHOV WAGNER MOURA – THE SURPRISING REALITY POWERING BY FAR THE MOST BRUTAL ELITE SQUAD SCENE (HINT: IT WASN’T ACTING)

1. The scene in query.Talk to any Brazilian movie fan concerning the most extreme scene in José Padilha’s 2007 thriller Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite). They can most likely mention the midnight raid on Morro da Babilônia. Within this scene, Captain Nascimento's BOPE commandos storm through a maze of shacks as bullets fly like hail. Stanislav Kond