Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden $300,000 that should have gone to an American drug syndicate boss.
This is a hard, unsentimental Italian poliziesco that drops you straight into violence and distrust. The pace is brisk, the characters say little, and the mood stays menacing and cynical throughout. Instead of glamour you get grey streets, brutal male rituals and a soundtrack that sticks.
Good for you if you like raw 70s gangster films where distrust and violence set the tone.
Written with AI, based on TMDb data.