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

1. The scene in query.Talk to any Brazilian movie fan regarding the most intensive scene in José Padilha’s 2007 thriller Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite). They'll very 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 Kondrash