Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

This was a tense, interesting and gripping police/government movie. Although I do not speak Portuguese, it came across to me that the acting was great. I enjoyed the plot, the characters and its intensity. It was better than its predecessor, Elite Squad. And that is usually not the case.I have only one issue and that is why I gave it a 9 - the dubbing and subtitles. The Elite Squad gave a dubbing option on video but Elite Squad: The Enemy Within did not if you were watching it on video. Also like many subtitled movies WHY IN THE HEAVENS DO THEY USE WHITE CAPTIONS. Half the time you can not read what they are saying. Why not use yellow or red? This blows me away so many times.A good movie to watch but bloody and very gripping. I wish there was an Elite Squad 3

Robert Nascimento is back, and he has been promoted. Now a Lieutenant Colonel in the police his career is jeopardised by slanderous accusations. He is reassigned to working with state security. Now he has to deal with the worst types of criminals - politicians.The first Elite Squad movie was great, and this is just as good. Interesting, compelling and gritty. Good action and drama, and it all happens at a cracking pace. However, the ending is a bit rushed and contrived.Good performances all round, especially from Wagner Moura in the lead role.

José Padilha's "Elite Squad: The Enemy Within" explores the deep-seated corruption riddling Rio de Janeiro through a visceral, powerful Brazilian drama. Building on the success of 2007's "Elite Squad," Lt. Colonel Nascimento is back to take the fight to the drug cartels as well as the corruption within Rio's law enforcement and political system, exposing the true depths of the city's social problems. Breathless, brutal, and thrilling. It's a gut punch of an action movie with political undertones.Police Lieutenant Colonel Roberto Nascimento (Wagner Moura) has devoted his entire life to taking down Rio de Janeiro's most notorious criminals. He leads a special ops group (NOPE) known for its uncompromising effectiveness, but his efforts haven't received a lot of support from the corrupt authorities. When Nascimento's attempts to defuse a prison riot, it turns into a blood bath, and the media creates a public frenzy. The government is eager to use the incident as an excuse to fire Nascimento, but the level of public support for the Colonel's actions is overwhelmingly positive. As such, Nascimento is promoted to a high-ranking security position. Initially, it seems that this new power will grant him the ability to fight crime even more effectively. Alas, it doesn't take long before he realizes that the corruption runs even deeper than he could have suspected. The system has no center, Nascimento tells us, and it always wins.The corruption of the Brazilian political system serves as a backdrop to the unrestrained violence and tension that permeates throughout the film. The action sequences are swift, violent, and sharply crafted. "The Enemy Within" presents the question -- which is worse: the amoral politicians who run the city, or the violent cartels who oversee the slums? Padilha's film offers no easy answers, but the title is a tip-off as to where at least his sympathies lie.The film, with its slick production and on-point narration by Moura as Nascimento is an edgy, action-drenched thriller dipped in blood and dirty politics. Still, even during its slickest Hollywood-style action sequences, it's hard to ignore the unyielding, socially conscious anger which fuels the movie. While "The Enemy Within" is not as punchy as its trigger-happy predecessor "Elite Squad," is an intriguing slice of drama with the advantage of a much more balanced standpoint. Previous crime dramas such as "City of God" (2002), "Carandiru" (2003) and Padhila's own 2002 debut "Bus 174" have helped make Brazilian cinema an international critically acclaimed medium. Thankfully, "Elite Squad: The Enemy Within" successfully continues with this trajectory.

The movie is brilliant - the people before me have said it. Then why am I writing about it? There are few films telling something important. Brazil has made one.It makes you think - an action that lots of us tend to forget... It thrills you, it makes you cry, it makes you angry. It makes you willing to do something.Don't be surprised if you feel that it filled an empty space in you.There is still a strangling feeling 1 hour after the end of the movie... Because I saw a life so common to what we have here in Eastern Europe. And I realized how close to each other we really are. The truth is common.So, prepare for a hard and impacting movie.