Elite Squad

2007 · Directed by José Padilha · 118 min · drama film, crime film

★ 8.1/10 · 2,813 ratings on TMDB

In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.