Below Zero (Spanish: Bajocero) is a 2021 Spanish action thriller film directed by Lluís Quílez, written by Fernando Navarro and Lluís Quílez. It stars Javier Gutiérrez, Karra Elejalde, Luis Callejo and Patrick Criado. The plot concerns a team of police officers who are transporting prisoners in an armored transport truck who are ambushed by a hijacker, who demands the release of one of the prisoners.
Netflix reported that the movie had been viewed by 47 million accounts in its first month on the service.
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An injured man is pursued through a wood at night and caught by his pursuer. Unable to disclose the location of a missing woman, the attacker buries him alive.
Police officer Martín starts a new job driving a prisoner transport vehicle at night, partnered with Officer Montesino. Montesino deliberately humiliates some of the prisoners during the transfer, but Martín intervenes to prevent violence.
While en route, the transport vehicle loses sight of, and radio contact with, the escorting police car due to fog. The transport vehicle is then abruptly halted by a spiked strip on the road. Montesino gets out to investigate, but does not return. When Martín follows, he finds Montesino apparently dead, and the police car overturned, with the officers killed.
A sniper starts firing at Martín, who returns fire, but he is shot in the leg. He makes it back to the transport vehicle and seeks refuge in the prisoners' section. One prisoner frees himself and tries to overpower Martín, but he defends himself with his weapon. Gasoline is poured into two cells through the ventilation grilles and set ablaze, forcing Martín to open the cells to save the prisoners, but one man has already died.
