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Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within

Tropa de Elite 2 - O Inimigo Agora é Outro

Brazil

2010

115 Min
Color
1.85:1
Portuguese
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DIR José Padilha

EXEC Leonardo Edde

PROD Malu Miranda, Marcos Prado

SCR José Padilha, Bráulio Mantovani, Rodrigo Pimentel

DP Lula Carvalho

CAST Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos, André Ramiro, Pedro Van Held, Maria Ribeiro, Sandro Rocha, Milhem Cortaz, Tainá Müller, Seu Jorge, André Mattos, Fabrício Boliveira, Emílio Orcillo Netto, Jovem Cerebral, Bruno D´Elia

ED Daniel Rezende

PROD DES Tiago Marques Teixeira

MUSIC Pedro Bromfman

SOUND Leandro Lima

Sundance (Spotlight), Berlinale (Panorama), Edinburgh (International Features), Melbourne (Crime Scene)

Synopsis

Captain Nascimento and his squad of policemen have to battle paramilitary groups, known as “militias”, which are normally made up of off-duty or former police officers, while dealing with corruption inside the police system and security authorities. —channelstv.com

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José Padilha

José Padilha is an award-winning Brazilian director of the Brazilian films Bus 174,Tropa de Elite – which earned him a Golden Bear award at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival – and Tropa de Elite 2.

The films form part of a trilogy, looking at the influence of media, police and, finally, polticians.

His film Secrets of the Tribe premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim. This documentary explores the allegations, first brought to light in the book Darkness in El Dorado, that anthropologists studying the Yanomami Indians in the 1960s and 70s engaged in bizarre and inappropriate interactions with the tribe, including sexual and medical violations. On March 02, 2011, it was announced that José Padilha will direct the new RoboCop film. —Wikipedia 

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Ben Smith

9Apr12

Man oh man, politicians and drug dealers are assholes. So are cops. And people.

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ruby stevens

2Apr12

this is better than the original

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Howard Orr

10Mar12

Utterly terrifying. A film that rises above cheap gunfight and Machiavellian thrills and feels like an important and brave confrontation with terror and corruption.

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divya

20Feb12

Like the Wire, it tells how insidious status quo is. Lovely film, and the earlier movie gives a good context to this sequel.

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An illustrated lecture

By Michael Harbour on January 16, 2012

“Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within” feels like an illustrated lecture. The narration tells us what we need to know. The visuals illustrate some of the key points. They’re good visuals. The information…  read review

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Jose Padilha Talks ELITE SQUAD: THE ENEMY WITHIN at Mighty Movie Podcast

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