Another Padilha's Masterpiece
Before I start my review take this as a fact; this is nothing like City of God, neither Elite Troop even using some actors from both shows. Being that said, you should expect a heavy and complex plot about Brazilian political scenary since the begining of the operation Lava Jato (Car Wash), with politicians, corporations, public institutions that actually exist and are part of the huge corruption scheme in Brazil.For example, MFP (MPF - Ministério Público Federal), Polícia Federativa (Polícia Federal), Petrobrasil (PETROBRAS), Miller & Brecht (Odebrecht) and many others.
After being completely seduced by this show, you will be caught thinking on how corrupt you were in your "small" acts in your daily life and how you could not be a bad example like those corrupt politicians.
Of course it's not a completely accurate series, and what really disturbed me more was the fact that the delegado federal (Federal Deputy/Xeriff/Federal Police Chief) is represented by 2 persons wich actually do the work of agents! The Delegados are much more like the masterminds behind the scene, the experts in criminal law and who structure the case so the MPF can represent in court to the federal judge. they do not chase proof like that in the show, so, it's a dramatical change so the series would not be too much in the office, since there are no shots or fights in this show.
To finally end my review, I must create an index to you of the more important government institutions in the show and what they do in a brief way.
1- Polícia Federal (Federal Police) -> They investigate and create the case to be represented after by MPf in court.
2- MPF (Federal Prosecution) -> they take the case from Federal Police and take it to the justice (federal court) making accusations based in the criminal law, producing more proofs and making deals when necessary.
3- Federal Court/ Judge -> judge the MPF's case, accept the order for some proofs like telephone tapping and many others and all the things a normal judge would do.
So, as you can see, things are not that easy to be done here, all because we respect our constitution wich preserve the due process of law.
score 10/10
AugustoDRodrigues 25 March 2018
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw4104570/14416
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