A rookie cop's descent into vigilantism after institutional corruption and personal betrayal force him into the elite BOPE unit.
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.
José Padilha
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