I may be one of the few reviewers for the film on this board that didn't realize it was a sequel of sorts, although a quick opening screen shot does state "Elite Squad 2". It doesn't matter, there is no loss of continuity once you get a feel for the principal characters and see what direction they're going in. This is both a crime and political thriller that puts a single honest bureaucrat in the middle of a system that includes a thieving military, drug cartel gang-bangers and highly placed politicians all taking their cut from a disadvantaged citizenry. The story demonstrates just how flexible outlaws can be. When the drug trade in a poverty stricken province is eliminated, the dirty cop money dries up along with it, so the enterprising militia police simply turn to extorting people living in the slums for even greater benefit. It's all very depressing and seemingly insurmountable for a single individual to make headway under the conditions presented, though Lt. Colonel Nascimento (Wagner Moura) eventually makes some progress at the expense of personal trauma of his own. If your only experience of action films has been American made movies, this Brazilian picture will inspire you to seek out more foreign films for the professionalism they reveal in screen writing and cinematography. Prepare to be surprised and captivated by this one.

When I was researching a certain film to watch, I wanted to see something with a lot of action and adventure. "Elite Squad: The Enemy Within" had some of the greatest action scenes I have ever seen. It was an all around great movie. Though at times, it was hard to follow, because they spoke so fast that I could barely read all the subtitles. Another criticism I have for the film is that it did get somewhat complicated at times. There were a lot of moving pieces that were happening all at once. It also did not help that a lot of the actors in the film looked very similar. Other than that, I loved the movie. I really liked the ending. The main character, Colonel Nascimento, was willing to do anything in his power to get revenge for the near death of his son. At first he resorted to violent ideas to get his revenge. Later, he switched to being a more level- headed guy, and he went after the militia by going through court. It was one of my favorite parts when he called out all the crooked representatives on court at once and claimed that he spoke for 3 hours straight. I would highly recommend this film to someone who appreciates intense action and adventure films.

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.

"Elite Squad: The Enemy Within" is a crime movie in which we watch a man who is a high ranking security officer in Rio de Janeirois is swept into a political dispute in which they want to make him confess about some things that he did not do. Before that position he was a Captain of a special team called BOPE.I liked this movie very much because of the plot which I found simply magnificent. The direction of this movie which made by José Padilha was equally good and in many moments you could not understand if it was a movie or a real life events. I also liked the interpretation of Wagner Moura who played as Lt. Colonel Nascimento and he was simply outstanding on his part. Another interpretations that I want to mention are Irandhir Santos' who played as Diogo Fraga, André Ramiro who played as Captain André Matias and André Mattos who played as Fortunato.Finally I have to say that "Elite Squad: The Enemy Within" is a great movie to watch because it shows many truths about Brazil and about corruption in general. The only movie with which I can compare is "City of God" which I believe is just a masterpiece. I strongly recommend both of them.