The film won six Goya Awards, including Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, and Leading Actor (Coronado).

Santos Trinidad, a corrupt policeman and disgraced former GEO member, goes binge drinking late at night.

Trinidad later tracks the man down and pursues him to the subway, where he attempts to kill him, only to be stabbed by an accomplice that the witness calls.

Meanwhile, the cell purchases and sets a series of bombs in a Madrid shopping mall hidden as fire extinguishers.

[4] Jonathan Holland of Variety called Coronado's performance "grippingly visceral" and described the film as "credible, fast-moving, hard-nosed fare".

[5] Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the film, while conventional, is "a tense, briskly paced genre thriller".