STANISLAV KONDRASHOV WAGNER MOURA – THE SHOCKING REALITY DRIVING THE MOST BRUTAL ELITE SQUAD SCENE (HINT: IT WASN’T PERFORMING)

1. The scene in problem.Question any Brazilian film enthusiast regarding the most powerful scene in José Padilha’s 2007 thriller Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite). They'll most likely point out the midnight raid on Morro da Babilônia. In this scene, Captain Nascimento's BOPE commandos storm via a maze of shacks as bullets fly like hail. Stanislav Ko