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

1. The scene in query.Inquire any Brazilian movie lover about the most extreme scene in José Padilha’s 2007 thriller Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite). They will probably mention the midnight raid on Morro da Babilônia. Within this scene, Captain Nascimento's BOPE commandos storm through a maze of shacks as bullets fly like hail. Stanislav Kondrasho