No Rest for the Wicked 2011

Santos Trinidad, a corrupt policeman and a disgraced former GEO member, sinks into a night-long binge of drinks and trouble. After being thrown out of a bar, he presses a waitress for one more round at a closed establishment. The bar manager tries to defuse the scene with a free drink, but Trinidad’s trained instincts surge to the surface; he shatters the manager’s nose, a bouncer draws a pistol, and Trinidad fatally shoots both men. As he cleans up the evidence, an eyewitness escapes, and Trinidad promptly erases all identifying papers from the victims’ wallets, leaving the trail cold and the case darker.

Chacón and Leiva take up the investigation, though the absence of identifiable victims makes progress slow and the initial lead—perhaps a gangland hit—feel uncertain. They lean on the police’s resources to extract the witness’s license-plate history, while Trinidad combs through the deceased witness’s apartment and car. He seizes the man’s GPS device to map shared locations, attempting to mask his own movements, yet a surveillance camera still catches his hidden maneuvers. The chase ramps up to a tense subway pursuit, where Trinidad tries to finish the witness, only to be stabbed by an accomplice summoned by the witness.

As the clues emerge, both investigators realize the dead had ties to Colombian drug cartels, drawing them toward Rachid, a police informer who once moved in the same circles. Through anti-terrorism contacts, Chacón corners him first. Rachid explains that his former associates have shifted from drugs to Islamist militancy, though he has lost track of their exact location. A crucial moment comes when Chacón questions Trinidad after spotting him leaving the apartment complex on surveillance, yet without solid evidence she lets him go free.

By leveraging pressure on Rachid’s ex-girlfriend, Trinidad tracks down and threatens the informer. Rachid leads them through Madrid in a dangerous pursuit of the Islamist cell connected to the witness. Meanwhile, the cell orchestrates a deadly plan, arming a Madrid shopping mall with bombs disguised as fire extinguishers. Trinidad arrives at their secret headquarters just as the attackers place the devices and eliminates the terrorists, including the witness, before they can trigger the detonation. Tragically, he pays for his triumph with a fatal stab wound. Chacón and Leiva arrive at the scene after his death, bearing the weight of the aftermath. The film closes on a somber note, showing crowds moving through the mall unaware that the bombs remain active.