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From acclaimed director jose padilha bus 174 and the academy. You could watch this as a standalone, but its best to watch the pair. A police captain works to stop drug trafficking in the slums, but unintentionally reinforces political corruption in this brazilian crime drama. When being free on parole, his only goal is to get the cocaine, sell it, and disappear into a life of luxury. The enemy within is a bleak, violent descent into the brazilian underbelly, ripping into the favelas with unstoppable and kinetic force. Packing an entire seasons worth of the wires dirty cops, selfserving politicians. He ruled out the possibility of launching an elite squad 3. There were 10 other movies released on the same date, including immortals. With wagner moura, irandhir santos, andre ramiro, milhem cortaz.
The enemy within was released in 2011 on friday, november 11, 2011 in limited movie theaters. After a disastrous operation on a prison riot, nascimento gets caught in a bloody political dispute that involves not only government officials, but also. Joe maldonadopassage, known as joe exotic, in the netflix series tiger. T he brazilian documentarist padilhas 2007 thriller elite squad painted a grim portrait. City of god 210 movie clip thirst to kill 2002 hd duration.