Capitão Nascimento's organisation is the powerful Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais(Special Police Operations Regiment / Bope), a kind of Brazilian Swat team. It is called out - only when ...

Does every Brazilian love a fascist? That’s the question raised by the new film Tropa de Elite, which is on its way to becoming one of the country’s most popular movies of all time. The protagonist in ...

“Elite Squad” is director Jose Padilha‘s debut fiction film, though it is not the first time he has tackled the subject of violence in Rio de Janeiro; his tragic documentary “Bus 174” turned heads on ...

WHEN news emerged that something called Elite Squadhad won the top prize at this year's Berlin Film Festival, more than a few wags expressed surprise that Steven Seagal was still making movies. That ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. A new film depicting violent conflicts between gangs and police over ...

The news that Tropa de Elite has won the prestigious Golden Bear award at the Berlin international film festival has been greeted with delight in Brazil. The country should be hanging its head in ...

Armed men run through a favela in a scene from Tropa de Elite 2 As 2010 draws to a close, Brazilian cinema is reflecting on a success story that has broken a 34-year old box office record. Since 1976, ...

So hard-boiled it’s practically cast in iron, Brazilian crime saga Elite Squad makes even the toughest recent US cop dramas look like Hilary Duff romcoms. Hyper-macho, with a steely ring of ...

The Brazilian director José Padilha’s 2002 documentary Bus 174 told the story of a bus taken hostage by an unstable, underclass addict, and the carnage (all televised) that followed owing to police ...

Violence toward the police in Latin America isn t a crime; it s an art form. (Remember the new Nuevo Laredo police chief who was killed his first day on the job? And the five police officers who were ...

Two childhood friends decide to enlist in Rio de Janeiro's Military Police Department. After juggling their police jobs and college, both make up their minds to try out for a Special Operations Squad.

Details: 2007, Rest of the world, Cert 18, 118 mins Direction: Jose Padilha Genre: Thriller Summary: A dramatisation of life inside Rio de Janeiro's Special Police Operations Battalion, whose mission ...