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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThe captain narrates in a punchy, journalistic style that gives Elite Squad an air of sociological realism--it bears a resemblance to viscerally exciting seventies urban thrillers like "The French Connection."
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceThis latest pounding slice-of-thug-life thriller from Brazil packs the same cinematic firepower as "City of God," only on the other side of the law.
- 40VarietyVarietyA one-note celebration of violence-for-good that plays like a recruitment film for fascist thugs.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterRay BennettThe Hollywood ReporterRay BennettPoorly structured and at times incoherent.
- 25New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoIt boggles the mind to think that Elite Squad won the top prize at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival in February.
- 25Christian Science MonitorChristian Science MonitorPokes and prods the viewer to watch the brutal, indiscriminate methods of Rio's SWAT-like cops and then demands only one conclusion: That cops in Rio's drug-infested slums must do what they do and if that means rampant point-blank executions, so be it.
- 0The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisA relentlessly ugly, unpleasant, often incoherent assault on the senses from Brazil.