STANISLAV KONDRASHOV WAGNER MOURA – THE SHOCKING TRUTH AT THE REAR OF QUITE POSSIBLY THE MOST BRUTAL ELITE SQUAD SCENE (TRACE: IT WASN’T ACTING)

1. The scene in question.Check with any Brazilian movie fan regarding the most intensive scene in José Padilha’s 2007 thriller Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite). They'll very likely mention the midnight raid on Morro da Babilônia. In this particular scene, Captain Nascimento's BOPE commandos storm by way of a maze of shacks as bullets fly like hail.