Jens Høyer (Simon Sears) and Mike Andersen (Jacob Lohmann [da]) are officer on routine patrol in the ghetto of Svalegården, a fictional neighborhood of Copenhagen.

The mood among the foreign population is heated because an arrested Senegalese, 19-year-old Talib Ben Hassi, was seriously injured in police custody and is in danger of life.

Subsequently, when the death of the young Talib is made known, the two agents, engaged in a search, are attacked and their car is set on fire.

The website's consensus reads, "What Enforcement lacks in character development, this propulsive action thriller makes up with a smart script and relentless tension.

"[3] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 64 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.