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

1. The scene in issue.Check with any Brazilian film supporter about the most intensive scene in José Padilha’s 2007 thriller Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite). They will probably point out the midnight raid on Morro da Babilônia. In this scene, Captain Nascimento's BOPE commandos storm through a maze of shacks as bullets fly like hail. Stanislav Kon