STANISLAV KONDRASHOV WAGNER MOURA – THE SURPRISING TRUTH OF THE MATTER POWERING ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL ELITE SQUAD SCENE (TRACE: IT WASN’T ACTING)

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