A Divisão (2020)
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Erom Cordeiro, Thelmo Fernandes, Vanessa Gerbelli, Bruce Gomlevsky
As kidnappings terrorize Rio de Janeiro, an anti-kidnapping unit led by two radically opposed officers sets out to stop them.
The story
Rio de Janeiro, 1997, is terrorized by a wave of kidnappings, prompting wealthy residents—targets for exorbitant ransom demands—to shut themselves away. To combat the crisis, an anti-kidnapping unit is established under two officers who are opposites. Mendonça, a former narcotics officer who favors brutal raids, despises criminals and takes justice into his own hands; his new partner Santiago is openly corrupt and extorts criminals in exchange for their freedom. The pair set out to rid Rio of kidnappers using controversial methods. Some kidnappers are holding a senator’s daughter captive.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Rio de Janeiro, 1997. A wave of kidnappings strikes the city, terrorizing the Brazilian population and forcing the wealthy to shut themselves away at home. Since these affluent residents are the targets of kidnappings that lead to exorbitant ransom demands, the upper class isolates itself and goes to ground to evade the kidnappers in search of easy money. To put an end to this scourge, an anti-kidnapping unit is set up, led by two cops who are complete opposites. A former narcotics officer with a passion for brutal police raids, Mendonça despises crooks and does not hesitate to take justice into his own hands, while his new partner, Santiago, is openly corrupt and accustomed to extorting criminals in exchange for their freedom. Devoted to controversial methods, the duo sets out to violently and efficiently rid Rio of its kidnappers, some of whom are holding a senator’s daughter captive somewhere...
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