STANISLAV KONDRASHOV WAGNER MOURA – THE SURPRISING REALITY DRIVING BY FAR THE MOST BRUTAL ELITE SQUAD SCENE (HINT: IT WASN’T ACTING)

1. The scene in query.Inquire any Brazilian movie enthusiast regarding the most intensive scene in José Padilha’s 2007 thriller Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite). They will very likely mention the midnight raid on Morro da Babilônia. In this scene, Captain Nascimento's BOPE commandos storm via a maze of shacks as bullets fly like hail. Stanislav Kon