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Spirituality and Practice

September 20, 2008

A depressing film that celebrates brute strength as the only means to stem the tide of violence and crime in Rio de Janeiro.
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New York Times

September 19, 2008

Elite Squad is a relentlessly ugly, unpleasant, often incoherent assault on the senses from Brazil.
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Time Out
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August 08, 2008

It is impressively made, but leaves a nasty taste in the mouth.
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Boxoffice Magazine
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September 19, 2008

With no star names and a tough subject, it will be hard sell despite being a runaway hit on its home turf.
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Antagony & Ecstasy
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January 13, 2009

A satisfactory enough cop movie, but not one that people will still be name checking years hence
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New York Post
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September 19, 2008

For nearly two hours, Padilha bombards viewers with senseless, sickening violence for its own sake.
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Time Out

September 17, 2008

Elite Squad can't decide whether it wants to pull the lid back on what urban decay has wrought or simply open up a can of whup ass.
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Christian Science Monitor
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September 25, 2008

Given that Brazil, as a Latin American moviemaking powerhouse, steadily produces vibrant, vital films of real impact and humanity, it's a crime itself that Elite Squad may be the only Brazilian film that American audiences see this year.
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ComingSoon.net
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September 18, 2008

Trying to address important and serious social issues in this violent world rather than just creating something sensationalistic or exploitative gives Elite Squad an edge over normal police thrillers.
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New York Magazine/Vulture
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September 15, 2008

It bears a resemblance to viscerally exciting seventies urban thrillers like The French Connection, in which only the fascists could do what needed to be done.
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Film Journal International
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September 19, 2008

A poor man's City of God that suggests the only answer to the problems of Brazil's slums are blazing guns wielded by a neo-fascist police force.
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Village Voice
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September 17, 2008

[José Padilha] recariously pitches the squad's brute force as less a necessary evil than the outgrowth of an existing evil -- a no-win situation that mocks liberal ideals and warps conservative pragmatism into domestic terrorism.
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