1950-ben az Indiana állambeli Gary fejlődő, virágzó kisváros volt, ahol az acélgyártás mindenkinek munkalehetőséget biztosított. Azután a '70-es évek elején az acélműveket nagyrészt felszámolták; a férfiak és az asszonyok munka nélkül maradtak, gyerekeikből bűnözők lettek és a kisvárosban elszabadult a pokol.
A várost egy elmebeteg sorozatgyilkos tartja rettegésben, aki a fiatal, katolikus nőket félemlíti meg, beférkőzik az életükbe, megismeri szokásaikat, majd a kellő pillanatban kegyetlenséggel megöli őket. A gyilkos már a tizenharmadik áldozat ellen készül.
A Vietnam veteran gets caught in a mob war with a couple of double-crossers.
When his girlfriend dies of a drug overdose, a former Green Beret decides to take vengeance on the drug gangs responsible for her death.
A kábítószeres nyomozónak semmi nem állhat az útjában hogy a nagy drogdílert elfogja.
Two incompetent Western outlaws engineer several failed crimes, including a botched stagecoach holdup. Fred Williamson, a tough-guy perennial in blaxploitation movies, does a rare comedy turn as a blundering patsy to Richard Pryor's slick con man.
Private detective is hired by rich man to find his niece, who has disappeared while traveling in Europe.
A black soldier returns from fighting for the Union in the Civil War only to find out that his mother has been murdered by a gang of white thugs. He becomes a bounty hunter, determined to track down and kill the men who killed his mother.
Fearful that their star witness might be murdered, two attorneys hire a protector to bring him from Los Angeles to New York. Jesse Crowder (Fred Williamson) is a no-nonsense tough guy. He buddies up with the witness, an accountant, and they hit the road. Outwitting their foes means taking all manner of conveyance, including automobile, train, and airplane.
Dakota Smith is an experienced policeman with a problem: his partner was shot dead, and corrupt cops are responsible. Dak's investigation leads him to widespread corruption in the department, as well as a corrupt district attorney. Smith finds an unlikely ally in timid photographer Nick Gleem. While Gleem unearths clues about the bad guys, Dak fends off attacks on his own life. While he's not in gun battles with these local villains, divorced father Dak has no shortage of lady friends to keep him happy.
Williamson plays a cop called 'Soda Cracker', whose partner was killed in a mysterious assassination. He is convinced that the murder was committed by his old enemy, Ivan Moss, played by Bo Svenson. Despite threats from the mob and from the police department, he vows to continue his mission to find the persons responsible for the assassination. Maud Adams plays his new police woman partner, who falls in love with him during their investigations. 'Soda Cracker' also has to deal with the fact that many of the police officers on the squad may be corrupt, and tries to break down the criminal network whilst finding evidence against Ivan Moss.
With Fred Williamson as director and star of Mr. Mean, is there any question as to the identity of the title character? Williamson plays a former Cosa Nostra henchman who seeks greener pastures. Hiring himself out as a hit man, he immediately lands a job. His mission: wipe out his old boss. Filmed in Italy, Mr. Mean certainly fulfills audience expectations
A pair of tough cops go after the mob who jinxed the martial arts tournament and injured their buddy.
Steele, a plainclothes Chicago cop, is recruited by the FBI to foil an assassination plot in Dallas, Texas. It seems that Joe Keno, a former nemesis of Steele, is planning to assassinate the Iraqi ambassador to the U.S. Keno is funded by several prominent Texas businessmen. Steele travels to Dallas, where he makes friends with Barnes; Steele is contacted by a Dallas-based FBI agent who sets him up with his contact, "Peacekeeper." Joe Keno has abandoned previous ways and methods; the assassin is now also a serial killer. While Keno's victims are found in abandoned warehouses and parks, Steele encounters numerous obstacles. The Chicago cop encounters friendly Texas racists, is ambushed in a redneck saloon, and battles the incompetence and petty jealousy of Dallas police. Meanwhile Steele tries to stop Keno before the Iraqi ambassador becomes his next victim.
Thomas Barnes-t, a biztonsági tanács megbízottját a szigorú őrizet ellenére elrabolják. Howard admirális Wright-ot teszi felelőssé a történtekért. Ha nem intézkedik, négy napon belül lefokozzák nyugdíjjazása előtt. Wright Cal-t hívja segítségül aki két társával, Rick-el és Yolandával vág neki Perez felkutatásának. A columbiai drogbáró követelése, hogy az amerikai kormány ne támogassa a columbiai kormány kábítószerellenes harcát. Az akció sikerét eleve kérdésessé teszi, hogy ellenségeik folyamatosan tudnak hollétükről...