‘There is no honour in death…only in war’

Directed by:
Richard Pepin

Written by:
Charles T. Kanganis

Cast:
Sam J. Jones (Fist Sullivan), Joey House (Gina), Harry Guardino (Dino Diamond), Abe Vigoda (Victor Malucci), Nicholas Worth (Tucchi), Bubba Smith (Detective Johnson), Frank Sivero (Frankie Pop), Scott Getlin (Eddie the Zipper), Jaime Alba (Sammy Malucci), Ali Humiston (Alex)

A party is held to celebrate the truce made between two godfathers; Dino Diamond (Harry Guardino) and Victor Malucci (Abe Vigoda). After two of Malucci’s men switch sides, Diamond decides to take out Malucci anyway. The fall guy is Fist Sullivan, who works as a debt collector for Diamond.

Attempt to cross a mob film and a fight film which basically fails in both genres. The crime story is filled with cliches and gratuitous violence and the fight scenes are horribly choreographed. Sam J. Jones gives a wooden performance as the lead character and the production value looks low.

Somehow it is still an entertaining viewing. It is strangely fun to watch stupid gangsters kill and be killed and to watch Jones kick the crap out of some ignorant debtors. It’s also enjoyable to watch Harry Guardino as the evil mob boss Dino Diamond.

Typical exploitation gangster flick so know what you can expect.

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Quote:

DETECTIVE JOHNSON: “You broke the truce in the worst way – I need a body.”

Trivia:

This was Harry Guardino’s final film. He died in 1995 of lung-cancer.