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

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