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All the book-based movies and TV shows adapted by Jose Padilha
Jose Padilha is known for adapting , the by published in 2014, for .
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the or the is better.
Elite Squad
Luiz Eduardo Soares, Rodrigo Pimentel, André Batista, 2005
movie vs book
José Padilha, 2007
In 1997, novice police officers André Matiasand Neto Gouveia use a sniper rifle telescope to watch officer Captain Oliveira and other policemen meet drug traffickers at Morro da Babilônia. Neto accidentally pulls the trigger, which causes a deadly gunfight between the officers and thugs; as Mathias and Neto flee the scene, Nascimento and his men head to the shootout to rescue the officers.