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Elite Squad

When the system fails, they don't.

This highly-decorated Brazilian film is based on true events. Set in 1997 before the Pope's visit to Brazil, the police have a serious problem. The drug lords run the slums, and corrupt cops control crime elsewhere. The situation needed rectifying before the Pope arrived. The police pulled in new special forces to deal with their twin problems, including two new recruits, childhood friends, who together made a great team, but alone, would they be able to cope? In Portuguese with English subtitles.

113 minutes, No persons under 18 (Language, Violence)
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, On the art circuit

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Credits
Cast	Wagner Moura, Caio Junqueira, André Ramiro, Maria Ribeiro, Fernanda Machado, Fernanda de Freitas, Paulo Vilela, Milhem Cortaz
Director	José Padilha
Screenplay	Bráulio Mantovani, José Padilha, Rodrigo Pimental, from the book by André Batista, Rodrigo Pimental, Luiz Eduardo Soares
Music	Pedro Bromfman
Cinematography	Lula Carvalho
Editing	Daniel Rezende
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Soundtrack	Not available
Made in	2007
Produced by	The Weinstein company and a consortium of Brazilian companies
SA Distributor	Ster-Kinekor

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FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Crime, drama
Language	Very strong and frequent
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Frequent, high impact, sustained and realistic
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	None
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Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarDiane de Beer	15
Die BurgerLaetitia Pople	15
Cape TimesJonathan Romney	10
Sunday TimesBarry Ronge	10
International Media
RottenTomatoes.com21 critics	11
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	10
Internet (IMDB)9526 Netizens	16

Average .. 62%	12

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