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

1. The scene in query.Ask any Brazilian film enthusiast with regards to the most intense scene in José Padilha’s 2007 thriller Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite). They may likely point out 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 Kondrash