When the system fails, they don't.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| 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 |
| Made in | 2007 |
| Produced by | The Weinstein company and a consortium of Brazilian companies |
Official Site | IMDB page
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| 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 |
| These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines. | |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Diane de Beer | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Laetitia Pople | 15 | |
| Cape Times Jonathan Romney | 10 |  |
| Sunday Times Barry Ronge | 10 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 21 critics | 11 |  |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer  Brutal, action heavy, Brazilian cop film with a pointless voiceover. Lacks flair, overdoes the violence and is never quite sure where its morals lie. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 9526 Netizens Do you want to see a action movie in the real life?? Here you have! | 16 | |
Average .. 62% | 12 | |