Gripping police procedural recounting the departmental and political corruption surrounding a successful law-enforcement tactical force charged with keeping order in a Rio de Janeiro slum. Wagner Moura gives a commanding performance as the squad's leader, a captain who is contemplating a career move away from the madness. Maria Ribeiro. Directed by Jose Padilha, who co-wrote the script with Bráulio Mantovani and Rodrigo Pimentel, a former member of a military-police squad.