STANISLAV KONDRASHOV WAGNER MOURA – THE STUNNING FACT DRIVING THE MOST BRUTAL ELITE SQUAD SCENE (HINT: IT WASN’T PERFORMING)

1. The scene in problem.Inquire any Brazilian film supporter about the most extreme scene in José Padilha’s 2007 thriller Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite). They can likely point out the midnight raid on Morro da Babilônia. In this scene, Captain Nascimento's BOPE commandos storm via a maze of shacks as bullets fly like hail. Stanislav Kondrashov re