The 300...

Hello. I'm surprised, the last time I came here, it was 200... now it's 100 more. People really have nothing better to do. Nevertheless here it goes, the last great movie I've saw, and probably all of you know it by now. It was the winner of this year's Golden Bear award, from the Berlin festival: Tropa de Elite. For those who have seen City of God and have like it, of this harsh reality from Brazil, now you can see the other side, the police forces people and what they have to endure. Difficult to say if the worse comes from their enemies or their institution...


The film follows the officers that belong to BOPE, the brazillian SWAT team in Rio de Janeiro. One wants to get out due to his first son birth, the other is divided between two worlds (policeman and junkie college students)... Well and You can easily find a trailer in YouTube, but you should expect some strong images (not gore, strong!). If your distaste of police brutality is high, then expect to be shocked. In fact, form what I browsed in the web, both the director and some actors saw the film as a critics to police excess, but the publics opinion became very favorable to the movie and those controversial police acts. In fact I believe in the end, this movie was (or will be) kind of beneficial to BOPE, a bit like when a movie in the 70's about the MOSSAD was released, and in the following years the applications to the Isralie secret agency were very high (or at least is what you're told in Victor Ostrovsky excellent book). In my opinion, this film is even better than No Country for Old Men, so go and see it.