捷克导演伊凡．帕瑟到美国拍摄的第一部电影，也是罗伯特·德尼罗成名前演出的作品。男主角是在七十年代当红的喜剧巨星乔治．西格尔，他在片中饰演发型师杰杰，因为染上毒瘾，每天要花上一百美元买海洛因，在走投无路之余只有去抢钱，但失手被擒。转而成为警方的线人，以出卖线报维生。影片对纽约市下层社会的气氛烘托得活灵活现，乔治．西格尔更是显得出色，除了搞笑之外也将主人翁的矛盾心情表演得细致入微，罗伯特·德尼罗在片中饰演小混混丹尼。

After his wife is kidnapped by a group of White supremacists, a record producer teams up with a PR man and a martial artist to get her back and put a stop to their plot to poison the water supply with a toxin that only kills Black people.

Hazel runs a beauty salon out of her house, but makes extra money by providing ruthless women the oppurtunity to perform hit jobs. L.T. is a parasite, and contacts Hazel looking for work after he runs out of money. She is reluctant to use him for a hit, since she prefers using women, but decides to try him on a trial basis. Meanwhile, the cop she pays off wants an arrest to make it look like he's doing his job, but Hazel doesn't want to sacrifice any of her "associates". The sleazy side of life is explored in this delightfully dark and deadpan film.