Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within parents guide

There is no US rating to lean on, so here is what we tagged: brutal violence, frequent strong language and graphic gore.

Scare

Mildly scary

A few tense or eerie moments.

Jump scares

A couple

One or two sudden jolts.

Gore

Graphic gore

Blood and wounds shown clearly.

Violence

Brutal violence

Our top level for violence.

Sex and nudity

Mild

Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.

Language

Strong

Frequent strong profanity or slurs.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

Three questions

Is Elite Squad: The Enemy Within scary?

Only a little. Elite Squad: The Enemy Within has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.

How gory is Elite Squad: The Enemy Within?

Graphic gore and brutal violence. If graphic gore is a dealbreaker, skip it.

What is Elite Squad: The Enemy Within about?

After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member Diogo Fraga of execution of prisoners. Matias is transferred to the corrupted Military Police and Nascimento is exonerated from the BOPE by the Governor.

Cast and crew

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Elite Squad: The Enemy Within is on our Mob and gangsters list.

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Prompts we typed into CouchRot, and the lists that share its tags.

• “a movie that will make me cry”
• “a thriller with a twist, no spoilers”
• “funny but not stupid, under two hours”

Lists with the same feel: Tearjerkers and Most violent.