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Tropa de Elite 2: A different enemy now
Under the command of Colonel Nascimento, Bope gets stronger and wins big victories against drug dealers. But there is a new and even more dangerous enemy: the militias[1]
Under the command of Colonel Nascimento, Bope gets stronger and wins big victories against drug dealers. But there is a new and even more dangerous enemy: the militias[1]
In 2007 Brazil 
Directed by José Padilha,Tropa de Elite won several awards, among them a Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, in 2008. Now, Nascimento is back to face a new challenge. In “Tropa de Elite 2 – A different enemy now”, Nascimento is a few years older and has a teenage son. He is promoted from captain to colonel and takes overall [5] command of Bope (Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais). Under his leadership[6], Bope becomes stronger, much better equipped and has better trained officers. The Bope officers win a lot of battles against the criminal classes and kick [7] the drug dealers out of a lot of shantytowns. But Nascimento discovers that there is nothing to shout [8] about. A new enemy rises up, and is much more dangerous: the militias that take over the shantytowns the drug dealers have been run out of. The militias are made up of former cops who extort [9] protection money from residents. Directed by José Padilha, the movie is released on October 8th.
Directed by José Padilha,Tropa de Elite won several awards, among them a Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, in 2008. Now, Nascimento is back to face a new challenge. In “Tropa de Elite 2 – A different enemy now”, Nascimento is a few years older and has a teenage son. He is promoted from captain to colonel and takes overall [5] command of Bope (Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais). Under his leadership[6], Bope becomes stronger, much better equipped and has better trained officers. The Bope officers win a lot of battles against the criminal classes and kick [7] the drug dealers out of a lot of shantytowns. But Nascimento discovers that there is nothing to shout [8] about. A new enemy rises up, and is much more dangerous: the militias that take over the shantytowns the drug dealers have been run out of. The militias are made up of former cops who extort [9] protection money from residents. Directed by José Padilha, the movie is released on October 8th.Matéria publicada na edição de número 57 da revista Maganews.
ÁUDIO – David Hatton.
Fotos - Alexandre Lima
Vocabulary
1 militias – milícias
2 to scare – amedrontar
3 tough cop – tira (policial) durão
4 theaters – salas de cinema
5 overall command – comando geral
6 leadership – liderança / comando
7 to kick out – aqui = expulsar
8 there is nothing to shout about- exp. idiom. = não há motivo para festejar
9 to extort - estorquir
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