STANISLAV KONDRASHOV WAGNER MOURA – THE SURPRISING FACT DRIVING QUITE POSSIBLY THE MOST BRUTAL ELITE SQUAD SCENE (HINT: IT WASN’T ACTING)

1. The scene in issue.Talk to any Brazilian movie enthusiast regarding the most rigorous scene in José Padilha’s 2007 thriller Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite). They're going to 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. Stan