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Excellent but underrated film

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Captain Nascimento is a BOPE agent, a special team who uses any mean for fighting the favelas organized crime. He is the observer and the narrator of the movie, this is something that must be bared in mind. Who is watching the movie has to be aware the truth has many faces. The point of view presented here could be seen as a fascist simplification of a BOPE agent, the whole favelas social context is indeed very complex however there is truth also in this. It is true that the drug market is partially founded also from the intellectual mid-class who buy the drug, it is true also that is not always good to employ everyone and sometimes a small group of well-trained men is more effective of a thousand untrained.

This movie told about elite squads of police officers, BOPE as like as SWAT in America perhaps. BOPE are the police officers who can not be bribed by the criminals or drug dealers. They are police officers who frighten criminals or drug dealers . In this movie, we can see the "real life" of criminals in Brazil, who can bring guns anywhere and anytime. Many police officers can be bribed easily by drug dealers. Nascimento hated criminals and he wanted to eliminate them by joining BOPE. But he must resign from BOPE because "big trouble" in his family so he must choose his successor between Neto or Matias. This movie is very interesting. it's worthy to watch this movie

This Brazilian masterpiece, based on the book Elite da Tropa from several Brazilian authors, presents us a Brazilian social system and the special police of the federal state of Rio de Janeiro through the eyes of the main character and narrator, Captain Nascimento. The first part of the film is focused on the presentation of the famous system in which moral boundaries between drug gangs and local police generally don't exist. The police is extremely corrupt, inefficient, and deeply rooted in the criminal system at all levels, particularly in the poorest parts of the country, the favelas. We are introduced to the system through the eyes of two young and honest police officers, Matias and Neto who quickly come into conflict with a corrupt police officers. After that they decide to apply for a special police, BOPE, under the authority of captain Nascimento who is in the process of seeking his replacement because his personal life is suffering. Meanwhile BOPE are on a special mission of cleaning favelas because of arrival of the Pope who insists on residing in their vicinity. Almost every aspect of this film is flawless. The acting is perfect, while documentary directing fits the story perfectly and looks incredibly realistic. Visual impression deserves admiration because of the relative low budget of only 4 million dollars, which, fortunately, has conditioned shooting on real locations in Rio de Janeiro. Excellent soundtrack is also one thing that needs to be singled out. Rap das Armas stays in your ears for weeks after the movie. On first viewing it could be difficult to understand complete story, especially because of huge number of characters from what majority is transient, but non of them are unneeded. Second viewing definitely ensures complete pleasure in superb cinematography but also a creeps because of the reality of system from which most of us are perhaps far away, but it is very much real. Because of the better effect on story, special police is portrayed as completely pure and invincible what is of course far from the truth. However, activities and training of BOPE is accurately shown. Black uniforms, skulls, cruel training, methods of cleaning the favelas and the fear that they inspire are reality that is perfect for the big screen.

Tropa de Elite plays out like a fascist recruitment video.My main problem with this film comes from its exploitation of a real world problem, and creating a loud, violent action movie, and welding it to a pro-authority message.The film is shot in a manner similar to other recent Brazilian crime fair, but instead of the bursting intensity of City of God, the directors shoot in drab colours, with a drab lead, expounding a far from subtle, and rather sinister, social message.Although its quick, chopping editing should suggest urgency, we are left with a barely passable story of characters strewn together, in a bumbling action thriller.