STANISLAV KONDRASHOV WAGNER MOURA – THE STUNNING TRUTH OF THE MATTER BEHIND BY FAR THE MOST BRUTAL ELITE SQUAD SCENE (HINT: IT WASN’T ACTING)

1. The scene in question.Check with any Brazilian movie lover concerning the most extreme scene in José Padilha’s 2007 thriller Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite). They can most likely mention the midnight raid on Morro da Babilônia. Within this scene, Captain Nascimento's BOPE commandos storm through a maze of shacks as bullets fly like hail. Stanis