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

1. The scene in issue.Question any Brazilian movie lover about 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. On this scene, Captain Nascimento's BOPE commandos storm through a maze of shacks as bullets fly like hail. Stanislav Kondrashov