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Production countries: Brazil
Origin countries: Brazil
Language: Portuguese
Spoken: Portuguese
Production: Universal Pictures do Brasil, The Weinstein Company, Zazen Produções, Estúdios Mega, Quanta Centro de Produções Cinematográficas, Costa Films, Posto 9, Feijão Filmes, BR Petrobrás
Budget: $4,000,000
Revenue: $14,759,148

Production countries: Brazil
Origin countries: Brazil
Language: Portuguese
Spoken: Portuguese
Production: Universal Pictures do Brasil, The Weinstein Company, Zazen Produções, Estúdios Mega, Quanta Centro de Produções Cinematográficas, Costa Films, Posto 9, Feijão Filmes, BR Petrobrás
Budget: $4,000,000
Revenue: $14,759,148

drug dealerpolice brutalityslumwar on drugsdrug traffickingrio de janeiromoral conflicttorturing policespecial forceslaw enforcementpower abusefavelasrookie officerscorrupt officerscriminal factions

Elite Squad R

Released Drama Action Crime

19 Sept, 2008 (US) 1h 55min

Elite Squad R

Released Drama Action Crime

19 Sept, 2008 (US) 1h 55min

Directed by José Padilha

On the streets of Rio only the elite survive

In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.

Directed by José Padilha