Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

GazerRise Fantastic!

Iseerphia All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Ian (Flash Review)This is a fairly typical film about power and corruption done properly and honestly in Rio de Janeiro. The head of the police force (I think) has to deal with a corrupt special unit who is pushing out and murdering drug gangs in order to profit from the citizens in many ways. Anyone to cross their path, bad or good better watch out. Once the protagonist learns what is happening he attempts to zero in and eradicate the immoral corruptors. Will he be successful or will he be another casualty in their bloodbath? The film is gritty and has many characters to sort out. This being a foreign film, I felt I was constantly reading subtitles and wasn't able to watch enough of the action as even when the characters weren't talking there was narration. Not a problem, just the way it is. Good acting, editing, pacing and it was good dialog so I was engaged throughout. Solid and bloody.

fossicle 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

Leroy Wells I don't know where all the praise is coming from for this movie, this is literally one of the worst written movies I have ever seen and trust me the only reason I'm writing this review is because iv never been more fooled of time in my life. Literally a time wasting movie that I thought would at least have a good ending.Lets get one thing straight, this movie takes a whole 1 hour and 30 minutes building up to pretty much nothing. It just keeps building up momentum leading absolutely nowhere.SPOILERS ALERT! The end result is the last 20 minutes being your finale of revenge. You can say it wasn't much of a revenge and it was such a terrible revenge at that. How much the story was building up with those corrupt police officers ruining the system killing everyone while the good guys did nothing and killed no one. The script is bad, that's all there is to say. I found zero enjoyment and zero entertainment. Even Hollywood blockbusters are more entertaining, these reviews are absolutely garbage.

Chunyi Hsu There are a handful of movies that provoke the same emotional reaction so consistently as this one. I have watched it over at least 5 times. The movie is very intense in that all the scenes are very well- connected and well balanced between narration and action. There is much less action and violence than the first one, but it is compensated by the well written script, which keeps audience on the edge of the seat as the whole storyline unfolds.I felt like I have grown with the protagonist from the first movie. As his fight has gone from tactical to strategical, the perspective of the movie has graduated to higher, more holistic level. Though fictional, the movie tells a story that many different countries share- a society hijacked by systematic corruption, social inequality, and gang violence. As credit rolls, I found myself sitting in silence pondering my role in this ecology, how we have come to this, and more importantly, how we can extricate ourselves from this situation. I believe this is precisely what the director wanted us to think.The acting and soundtracks are up to the standards in my opinion, and the action scenes are much closer to reality than most Hollywood movies. Unfortunately, no movie is perfect; in my opinion, the characters are not very well developed. It is a movie dedicated to a political message, and I respect the decision of the director to make it so. However, that means lengthy narration outlining the structure of the corrupted system took priority over develop connection between the audience and the characters. I personally would prefer using more acting, interactions, and development of the plot itself as oppose to plain verbal narration.Nonetheless, it is a great movie and I would definitely recommend it to those who are interested in political and social topics.