Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

MINOR STORY SPOILER AHEAD! First off, I didn't expect it to be like "Tropa de Elite" with a woman as main cast, I read some reviews and they gave me an idea about what to expect. But the main problem with this film is, it doesn't know what it wants to be, a drama about a woman in the though environment of the Brazilian Police force or a action movie, just like "Tropa de Elite". Because it tries to do both and fails, the "drama" part is way to short, and the action sequences are not very good made, if you compare it, again, with "Tropa de Elite" or even "City of God". The first half is more about her trying to fit in, and then she becomes all tough and kicks a**. (I rather watch a movie like the first half.) And also her transformation into this bad a** cop doesn't feel real to me, she was way to scared in the beginning to just start being tough all of a sudden. Not much explanation is given to why she becomes like this. Not very much explanation is given to anything anyway. all in all, not very rememberable film, easily forgotten, but if you like Brazilian gang/crime movies, give it a try, you might like it. (On Netflix USA now, May 2017)

It worth and prove me more that cinema in Brazil is improving in the 21th century. Same level of Cidade de Deus and Tropa de Elite (I mean the first from 2007)Despite not like the action scenes at the beginning it is a very good movie which show many problems in Brazilian society. Just like be an honest police officer (or not), honest citizen (or not), and mainly an honest politician (or not) and it does in a very critical way.Also is about the issues a woman can face joining a police department being the only woman among men.The main actors are very talented (know their works) and the actions scenes get better as time goes by.

There is no doubt Brazilian cinema is not only good, but also gets bigger every year. Also, it is very clear that this country film industry has invested in higher budget productions and many of famous TV actors and actress have participated in successful movies, what is great for this growth of our cinema."Operações Especiais" - I wonder how it was called internationally - deals with organised crime and corruption in a small town near Rio de Janeiro. Although it is a very common problem in Brazil, it is also a typical subject in American police films.And it is in this link with the USA that "Operações Especiais" is built. The dialogues, with jokes and some ironic comments, remind us of typical American films lines. Also, cameras position and special effects are clearly influenced but those made in HollywoodBut in no way am I saying this Americanization is a bad thing for the country productions. Provided the movie makers don't forget to come up with the traditional films dealing with Brazilian culture from time to time, the USA like films are welcome for they attract investors to the studios and also bigger and bigger audiences to movie theatres.

I was really expecting a movie like Tropa de Elite 1 and 2 with a lot of violence and you following some strong character that kick the ass of everyone. Well the movie it's not that.I don't want to give spoil but the movie work well, you can predict somethings how ever the end is still very entertaining.I will give it a 9/10, because some actor aren't that good so at some points this can drop the tension and you feel like watching a B Movie of some sort.If you have nothing to watch, give it a try, the story works well, it's realistic specially if you are from Brazil, and it uses real events that happened in Brazil as a part of the movie and this makes it even better to watch if you are Brazilian.