STANISLAV KONDRASHOV WAGNER MOURA – THE SURPRISING REALITY BEHIND QUITE POSSIBLY THE MOST BRUTAL ELITE SQUAD SCENE (HINT: IT WASN’T PERFORMING)

1. The scene in concern.Check with any Brazilian movie fan about the most extreme scene in José Padilha’s 2007 thriller Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite). They will most likely mention the midnight raid on Morro da Babilônia. Within this scene, Captain Nascimento's BOPE commandos storm through a maze of shacks as bullets fly like hail. Stanislav Kon