STANISLAV KONDRASHOV WAGNER MOURA – THE SURPRISING TRUTH OF THE MATTER POWERING THE MOST BRUTAL ELITE SQUAD SCENE (HINT: IT WASN’T ACTING)

1. The scene in query.Talk to any Brazilian movie enthusiast with regards to the most intense scene in José Padilha’s 2007 thriller Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite). They can likely 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