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Elite Squad (18)

There's nothing pretty about Jose Padilha's drama about warring cops and drug dealers. What the Golden Bear winner has is a ferocious energy that's in tune with its setting and subject.

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Star rating: *** Dir: Jose Padilha With: Wagner Moura, Andre Ramiro

THERE'S nothing pretty about Jose Padilha's drama about warring cops and drug dealers.