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“On the streets of Rio only the elite survive”
Elite Squad (2007) chronicles Captain Nascimento's harrowing mission in the run-up to Pope John Paul II's visit to Rio de Janeiro. As a member of BOPE, Nascimento is tasked with neutralizing threats from volatile drug lords in a perilous favela near the pontiff's lodgings. The film unflinchingly captures the brutal realities of police corruption and urban warfare, painting a grim portrait of Brazil's law enforcement and the systemic violence that permeates the nation's underbelly.
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