A hitman is hired to kill a politician and falls in love with a prostitute. A subplot concerns a congressman who is investigating the illegal activities of the aforementioned politician.
This political thriller has some naive touches in its plot, foremost among which is the hitman's scruples at the church, on account of an ecclesiastical tale he heard from his girlfriend stating that a church where a murder has occurred must stay closed for a hundred years. Also worthy of note is one particular sequence featuring ludicrously pompous dialogue between an honest young congressman and his girlfriend, whose father (another politician) is being investigated by him. It is not badly filmed, especially considering the overall poorness of Brazilian cinema of that period (but shouldn't I say: of any period?). The film's title, which translates to "Stakeout on the Asphalt", refers presumably to one specific sequence wherein a gang of hitmen trap the honest congressman in a very risky (and implausible) manner: one of them lies on the road, thus forcing the congressman to stop his car and barely avoid killing the bad guy. The other stakeouts in the movie do not involve asphalt at all and take place, respectively, at a church, at a cemetery, and at a train station. The last of these has, again, some implausible behavior on the part of the ex-prostitute, who could have done a lot better in her attempt to save her boyfriend.
Rating: 33
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