Elite Squad
IFC Films | Release Date: September 19, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
33
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
1
Negative:
4
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70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
The captain narrates in a punchy, journalistic style that gives Elite Squad an air of sociological realism--it bears a resemblance to viscerally exciting seventies urban thrillers like "The French Connection." Read full review
70
Village VoiceJim Ridley
This latest pounding slice-of-thug-life thriller from Brazil packs the same cinematic firepower as "City of God," only on the other side of the law. Read full review
40
VarietyJay Weissberg
A one-note celebration of violence-for-good that plays like a recruitment film for fascist thugs. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterRay Bennett
Poorly structured and at times incoherent. Read full review
25
New York PostV.A. Musetto
It boggles the mind to think that Elite Squad won the top prize at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival in February. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorRobert Koehler
Pokes and prods the viewer to watch the brutal, indiscriminate methods of Rio's SWAT-like cops and then demands only one conclusion: That cops in Rio's drug-infested slums must do what they do and if that means rampant point-blank executions, so be it. Read full review
0
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
A relentlessly ugly, unpleasant, often incoherent assault on the senses from Brazil. Read full review
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