Elite Squad and Elite Squad: The Enemy Within have both been about Nascimento trying to pass on his invincible masculinity to someone else, and failing.

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A marked improvement on the first film, it's easy to see why this was such a smash in Brazil. Breathless, brutal and thrilling, it's a gut punch of an action movie.

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The story is expansive and intriguing, the action does not disappoint and it’s not hard to see why this is the most financially successful film in Brazil’s history.

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..the film is a solid, tense political-action-thriller that mostly succeeds in redeeming itself from the simplistic narrative and totalitarian undertones existent in its predecessor.

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Gritty sequel in which Wagner Moura's police captain gets promoted, giving him another chance to fight violence with violence

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That said, the whole thing’s driven by palpable anger to tell it like it is and a pivotal role for a sociology prof offers a degree of ideological light and shade.

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Solid central performances and some genuinely fascinating cinematography keep it from being unwatchable, but if you’re not already a fan of the series this is no place to start.

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Examined any more closely, it's just a standard conspiracy yarn – Magnum Force to the first film's Dirty Harry – bolted to a pessimistic view of law and order in modern-day Rio.

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