In the second part, some fierce battles in the slums are missing. More exposure of the dark and ugly side of Brazilian politics. To increase the drama and hype, the director added Faraga as a human rights defender. Quite interestingly, the wife of the boss of BOPE married him. And this person can be said to be a thorn in Nacibeto's eyes. The director intends to suggest that BOPE's actions will sooner or later be criticized by human rights groups. (In reality, the actions of BOPE have indeed been criticized by Amnesty International.)
Sure enough, in the suppression of the prison riot, Matias, who had a head in his head, killed the leader of the riot. Faraga took this piece to attack BOPE. Accidentally leads to the promotion of Nacibeto. Matias was transferred to the police force. For Nacibeto, it is better to use the resources at hand to build BOPE. But what Ling didn't expect from Nacibeto was that,
in the director's view, the web of corruption surrounding Rio's favelas was like an ecosystem. Once the balance of one of the factors is disrupted. After the system will automatically adjust, if there is no strike restriction, the balance will finally be unbalanced. When Matias' well-built BOPE hit the drug trafficking network, the police whose interests were damaged began to gain power, form their own network, and finally commit crimes. Politicians in the interest chain have used Matias and BOPE to hide from the public. But the very axis Matias has once again become a scapegoat. Let the police, politicians and corrupt groups realize that the crime is getting bigger and bigger. Inside the system, only Nacibeto still has some sense of justice to fight against the corruption of the system.
Outside the system, the director uses Faraga and the media (in which the journalist's death was the decisive factor in turning things around) to help Nacibeto fight the corrupt group. From this, we can feel the director's dissatisfaction with the domestic political system in Brazil, pinning the idealism of the confrontational system on the media and human rights organizations (the poster of Amnesty International on the Faraga wall). Of course, within the system, Nacibeto's struggle alone is the director's hope for the remnants of the system. When Matias fell to the ground, it can be regarded as a hint that the director's fantasy of reforming (or fighting corruption) from the bottom up within the military and police was completely shattered. Matias is a good SWAT. Conscientious, dedicated and loyal. But in such a large political system, Matias is a pure idealist with a passion. Faith (blind) heart (eyes) full (happy) full (view) that he can fight against all evil and corrupt forces. By contrast, Nacibeto is sophisticated. Make good use of resources. In the system, he finally had to face the assimilation of himself by the system. At the end of the film, Nacibeto confronts MP Faraga in parliament, tacitly cooperating, speaking generously, and slamming corrupt practices among MPs. This scene is quite politically symbolic: on the one hand, BOPE has been criticized by human rights organizations from the opening of the killing ring in the first part to now accepting the supervision of human rights organizations. Second, Nacibeto said that BOPE has always been the executor, and its motive and purpose of killing are unclear. In fact, the focus has been subtly shifted to institutional corruption. Coupled with the previous bad things with the police and a few politicians, the topic of institutional corruption has attracted even more attention. In this regard, Nacibeto is quite smart. Know how to hype a topic with politics. Third, in the director's view, Brazil's political system, although corrupt, has many ills. But the political ecosystem still has advantages. Like broken arms. Nowhere is this more obvious than when Nacibeto brought some people down through the process of the system (parliamentary presentations). The rest have to expect more Faraga and Nacibetos to work hard. The revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard.
The first and the second are both realistic themes (although the director said that it is purely fictional, but it cannot be created out of nothing, and corruption has a breeding ground), but the first is more idealistic, and the second is more realistic. This can also direct a shift from idealist realist.
The director criticized the system through the mouth of Naciberto, but agreed with its existence. This is precisely one of the greatest advantages of this system. Just imagine if you put it in North Korea. In fact, as a political director, José Padilha knows that no political system is perfect. While you recognize its strengths, you must be aware of its weaknesses.
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