Elite Squad

Corruption runs rampant on both sides of the law in this violent, gritty Brazilian film in which a hardnosed, stressed-out captain (Wagner Moura) of an elite squad of policemen (André Ramiro, Milhem Cortaz, Marcelo Valle Caio Junqueira, et al.), who is being pressured by his scared pregnant wife (Maria Ribeiro) to retire from his dangerous job, is preoccupied with patrolling the slums of Rio de Janeiro in preparation for the pope's visit and eliminating the threats of gun-toting drug dealers (Fábio Lago, et al) by gunning them down in 1997.
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