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Cast: Christopher de Leon, Paolo Contis, Alfred Vargas, Cassandra Ponti, Paolo Paraiso


Cris and Jason are two policemen with opposite personalities and philosophies, Cris is the epitome of the rare, near-extinct breed of honest cops; Jason is the basurero (garbage), the legman, frontman of his district's high officials, doing their dirty work for a price. Yet they forge an unlikely friendship during their special weapons and tactics training, a friendship borne from conflict and competition and bordering on brotherhood.

Five years later, Cris is transferred from Cotabato to Jason's SWAT unit in Manila. His mother is in need of an operation unavailable in the province, prompting him to make the request. It is only then that Jason finds out that he is the godfather to Cris' son, and that the boy is also named after him. For the first time in his life, Jason feels the warmth of a family. As the visit of the Pope to the country draws near, Jason and Cris uncover a plot to assassinate the Pontiff. For Jason, cracking this case would mean his ascension from basurero to a legitimate polic official. Until he finds out that the seemingly holy Cris is involved in this plot to kill the holiest man in Catholicism. As a bomb ticks its way to an explosive ending, the two men must confront each other in a deadly role reversal that will test their friendship.

BANAL explores the heretofore unseen side of police work, stabs at the unscrupulous behavior of the media in everyday events and shows an uncompromising picture of Philippine society. In today's day and age, angels can become demons, and sinners can become saints.