Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)

After a prison riot, former-Captain Nascimento, now a high ranking security officer in Rio de Janeiro, is swept into a bloody political dispute that involves government officials and paramilitary groups.

Director:

José Padilha

Writers:

Bráulio Mantovani (screenplay), Bráulio Mantovani (story)

Stars:

Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos, André Ramiro

37 wins & 17 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Wagner Moura	...	Lt. Colonel Nascimento
Irandhir Santos	...	Diogo Fraga
André Ramiro	...	Captain André Matias
Milhem Cortaz	...	Lieutenant-Colonel Fábio
Maria Ribeiro	...	Rosane
Seu Jorge	...	Beirada
Sandro Rocha	...	Major Rocha aka Russo
Tainá Müller	...	Clara
André Mattos	...	Fortunato
Pedro Van-Held	...	Rafael
Adriano Garib	...	Guaracy
Julio Adrião	...	Governador Gelino
Rodrigo Candelot	...	Formoso
Emílio Orciollo Netto	...	Valmir
Charles Fricks	...	Vermont

Storyline

After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member Diogo Fraga of execution of prisoners. Matias is transferred to the corrupted Military Police and Nascimento is exonerated from the BOPE by the Governor. However, due to the increasing popularity of Nascimento, the Governor invites him to team-up with the intelligence area of the Secretary of Security. Along the years, Fraga, who is married with Nascimento's former wife, is elected State Representative and Nascimento's son Rafael has issues with his biological father. Meanwhile Nascimento and the BOPE expel the drug dealers from several slums but another enemy arises: the militia led by Major Rocha and supported by the Governor, the Secretary of Security and politicians interested in votes. Nascimento is manipulated to help ...

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Plot Keywords:

police | militia | execution | penitentiary | criminal | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Blog [Brazil] Official Facebook

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Release Date:

8 October 2010 (Brazil)

Also Known As:

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within

Filming Locations:

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

BRL 13,900,000 (Brazil), 11 October 2010, Wide Release

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,648, 13 November 2011, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$100,119

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$63,027,681

Company Credits

Production Co:

Globo Filmes, Feijão Filmes, Riofilme

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min 95 min (Mainland China Censored Version)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character of Diogo Fraga is based on the real life Rio de Janeiro State Representative Marcelo Freixo. On the first scene with Diogo Fraga where he is giving a lecture in a classroom, the real Marcelo Freixo can be seen sitting on the first row.

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Quotes

Fortunato: I hate those human rights mantras! "You can't touch the scumbag..." "You can't touch the scumbag..." "Here, have some candy, scumbag..." "Take those flowers, dealer!" What a joke!

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Crazy Credits

The beginning credits feature scenes from the first film.

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Connections

Featured in Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #2.17 (2011)

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Soundtracks

Tropa De Elite
Written by Roman, Egypcio, Leo, PG, Jonny, Baia

User Reviews

Superb!

This is by far the best movie of the year!

I enjoyed the first movie very much but the sequel even surpasses that. The story is more complex and keeps you interested and involved all the way. The central character is again Roberto Nascimento who is now more mature, as the story is set 13years later than the first movie. His enemies are corrupted policemen and politicians who prove to be much bigger threat than the drug lords as they have political power to influence Nascimento's position. Nascimento will have to adapt and learn to fight on other fields using new methods.

This time we also learn more about Nascimento's family and his relationship with them, especially with his adolescent son.