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Deep down, Fabio...(Spoilers)

posted 11 years ago by Johnny0581
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Seemed like a good guy. While he is definitely corrupt in both films, he still has goodness inside of him and by analyzing his character you realize is the only way he can survive in this business, by being corrupt. Fabio, in both films, only adapts to his environment of corruption.

A redeeming quality about him is that he never murdered anyone in both films who didn't deserve it and never had a cutthroat and conniving nature to him as the rest of the commanding officers around him had. In Part 1, he was clearly afraid to get killed by his superiors and was the reason why he went into the BOPE training camp after Mathias and Neto save his life, although he got treated like *beep* by Nascimento because of his corrupt nature. In part 2, still grateful to Andre Matias for saving his neck 13 years before, he shows appreciation for him and tries to keep him from getting killed by Rocha for as long as he can, but unfortunately fails after the Tanque raid. However, he shows proper grief upon his death/murder and even sort of "avenges" his death by killing Rocha, whom he hated anyway, at the end of the movie, perhaps because of orders given by the top bosses when they all get exposed by Nascimento and Fortunato gets sent to prison. What do you guys think?

[–] brunopmarques-723-645484 11 years ago

Agreed! I´m not sure I´d call him a "good guy", but he´s mostly a survivor.

[–] trinaldi 10 years ago

People can get this 'goodness' only because they feel guilty about themselves. Knowing Fabio, one could argue that his goals are not towards another but himself. Guilty is knocking on his door.

[–] Tuosma 9 years ago

I'd say he is "bad", but pales in comparison to evil that was portrayed in TDE2. He's still a morally corrupt person and a criminal, but you'd rather have him than Rocha running things.

[–] quendino 9 years ago

I agree with Johnny0581. Deep down inside, Fabio was a good person. In the 1st movie, when he goes out drinking with Neto and Matias (remember the club scene) he tells them how he was an honest officer when he was younger and how he saw his commanders getting rich. When Matias gets killed Fabio has tears in his eyes and he clearly asks "whatta hell, Russo?", and he's the only one checking if Matias is still alive.

[–] awrobel 8 years ago

It is obvious you set a very low bar when it comes to morality and virtue. This character typifies the " let alone to get along " individual which have made up corrupt institutions since the dawn of time. He knows where all the bodies are buried, skimps a little off the top but tries not to get his hands dirty and justifies his repulsive criminality by railing against his cohorts from time to time. But in fact, if he were truly a moral character he would have come forward to reform the system long ago. Throughout history it seems large scale corruption in organizations whether they be businesses or governments have depended on these kinds off middle managers to maintain their criminal enterprises and thereby create the backbone upon which these groups thrive. Ironically, it is for the lack of a backbone in these individuals upon which the organizers pin their fortunes. For structurally, the organizers at the top are few and rely on the many at the bottom to acquiesce to their commands. Fabio is merely a slimy cog in an already greasy machine which runs merely because of his inaction!