Les Insoumis (2008)
Directed by Claude-Michel Rome

Film Synopsis

Vincent Drieu is a cop who has virtually reached the end of his career - and his tether.  He has become obsessed with running to ground the ruthless gangster boss Abel Vargas, who appears to have gone completely off the radar after his escape from police custody.  Drieu's morale was already dangerously low but now it is driven to rock bottom when he is transferred to a provincial police station in a town where crime is rampant and the police totally ineffective.  This is one of those grimly polluted industrial hell holes in the back of beyond, where fighting crime is about as fruitful as attacking a blazing inferno with a half-empty water pistol.  Superintendent Vasseur and his fellow officers - Wazeme, Jean Ba and Katiha - do their best, but demoralised and lacking adequate resources, they know they are fighting a losing battle.  Drieu's new colleagues may have given up the fight, but he remains as resilient and determined as ever and it is with a steely resolve that he sets about cleaning up the dirtiest town in France...