You’d be forgiven to think that Tropa de Elite 2 is a silly foreign action movie, since the title really doesn’t suggest otherwise. Imagine my surprise to find out that not only does Tropa feature almost no action, but that it’s also really, really good.
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Review: Brutal “Tropa de Elite” is a Jumbled Crime Thriller
A brutal film that depicts the violence of the drug lords ruling the slums of Rio de Janeiro and the corruption of the people who are supposed to stop them, Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite) sees Oscar nominated writer Bráulio Mantovani (City of God) team up with director José Padilha to adapt former police captain Rodrigo Pimentel’s book Elite da Tropa.
