

Elite Squad
On the streets of Rio only the elite survive
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.
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8.1/10
2,842 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4M
- Box office
- $14.8M
- Language
- Portuguese
- drug dealer
- police brutality
- slum
- war on drugs
- drug trafficking
- rio de janeiro
- moral conflict
- torturing police
- special forces
- law enforcement
- power abuse
- favelas
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Behind the camera
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Produced in
Brazil
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereTribeca Film Festival26 Apr 2008
- Theatrical (limited)R19 Sept 2008
- PhysicalRDVD28 Oct 2008
United KingdomGB
- PremiereEdinburgh International Film Festival25 Jun 2008
- Theatrical188 Aug 2008
- Physical18DVD26 Jan 2009
AustraliaAU
- PhysicalMA 15+20 Feb 2009
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical+163 Apr 2008
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical21 Jan 2009
BrazilBR
- PremiereRio de Janeiro, Brazil17 Aug 2007
- PremiereRio de Janeiro International Film Festival20 Sept 2007
- Theatrical (limited)5 Oct 2007
- Theatrical1612 Oct 2007
- Physical1627 Feb 2008
ChinaCN
- PremiereShanghai International Film Festival14 Jun 2008
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical2 May 2008
CzechiaCZ
- PremiereKarlovy Vary International Film Festival6 Jul 2008
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1529 Aug 2008
FranceFR
- Theatrical163 Sept 2008
- PhysicalDVD2 Apr 2009
- PhysicalBlu-Ray4 Dec 2013
- Digital / OTT16Netflix1 Apr 2022
GermanyDE
- PremiereBerlin International Film Festival11 Feb 2008
- Theatrical186 Aug 2009
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Elite Squad was released on 5 October 2007.
Audience reviews
3- A7/10
Andres Gomez
10/5/2015
Decent movie with lots of strongly violent action. It stands up because it is staged in Rio and created by Brazilians. The plot is not very surprising but good enough.
- F8/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
12/15/2022
**One of the best films that Brazil exported internationally.** Being Portuguese, I believe that I know the realities of Brazil reasonably better than most foreigners. After all, historical and cultural ties connect the two countries to this day. For this reason, I am not at all surprised by the portrait that this film leaves us, about a world that rarely appears in the tourist magazines of Rio de Janeiro: the poo…
- A
Abrazilliancheeze
11/25/2024
**As a brazilian, i can approve this movie as relatable** As a brazilian, this movie i can agree with. I love the drama, the action parts are good. But best of all, THE POLICE. In Rio de Janeiro, there are favelas that have drugs. THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS RUN BY CORRUPTION AND GREED. If you are portuguese, download the app called Globo and read the news. There are a bunch of cartels, gangs, and worst of all: MAFIAS. T…
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