The movie has a great premis. In order to keep a top man in his organization from appearing in court, a crime boss named Vic Luca (Rip Torn) arranges to have his top killer, Chris Kaleek (Lance Henriksen) bump him off.
This does not go as planned when Kaleek breaks into the wrong house and kills the wrong man as well as kidnap the wrong child from the home. The planned target, Frank DeSalvo (Leo Rossi) decides to help out the father of the kidnapped child, Jack Collins (Jan Michael Vincent).
There are some interesting set pieces here including one where a pizza restaraunt owner has his face burned in an oven and the ending makes you think you're watching a horror film with a killer that seems to be unstoppable.
Acting kudos go to Henriksen as the completely over the top killer. Lustig really pulls out all the stops on a crime film that, like I just stated, turns into horror, or so we think, during the climax.
If you're a fan of thses kinds of movies, I think you'll like it. The rest of the cast includes Harold Sylvester, Jere Burns, Ken Lerner, and the one and onlly Charles Napier whose role is fantastic, and the opening scene in the movie is owned by him. You won't believe it!!
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