Plot
Frank White, a drug lord, is riding into New York in a limousine
after being released from Sing Sing. Emilio El
Zapa, a Colombian drug dealer, is shot to death, and the
killers leave a newspaper headline announcing Frank's release. El Zapa's
partner, King Tito, is in a hotel room with Jimmy Jump and Test Tube, who are
negotiating the purchase of cocaine. Jimmy and Test Tube
shoot Tito and his bodyguards and steal the
cocaine.
In a suite at the Plaza Hotel, Frank is greeted by Jimmy, Test
Tube, and other members of his gang, who welcome him home with money from the
drug deal and King Tito's gloves, much to the delight of Frank. Frank leaves to
meet two of his lawyers, Joey Dalesio and Jennifer, for dinner. Frank expresses
his desire to be mayor and asks
Dalesio to set up a meeting with Mafia boss Arty Clay. He and
Jennifer ride on the subway.
Confronted by muggers, Frank first brandishes his gun, then gives them a wad of
money, telling them to ask for him at the Plaza if they want work.
Dalesio goes to Little Italy
to set up a meeting with Clay, but the mafia don urinates on Dalesio's shoes
and tells him it is a message for his boss that they will never work with
Frank. On hearing this, Frank, Jump and other members of the gang go to Clay's
social club, where Frank demands a percentage of all Clay's profits. When Clay
further insults him, Frank executes the Mafioso and threatens the remaining
members there. As he leaves, Frank tells Clay's men that they can all find
employment at the Plaza.
The next night, Frank is confronted
by Detectives Bishop, Gilley, and Flanigan of the NYPD
narcotics squad. They drive him to an empty lot where they show him the body of
El Zapa in the trunk. When Frank refuses to confess, Gilley and Flanigan beat
him and leave him in the lot.
Frank sends Dalesio to Chinatown to make contact with Triad leader Larry Wong, who has $15 million
worth of heroin. Larry demands $3 million up front and another $500,000 after
the drugs are sold. Frank counters that the two should team up, then split the
profits evenly. Larry turns him down and demands that Frank decide immediately
whether he wants to buy the drugs. Frank declines.
Jimmy Jump and several of Frank's
lieutenants are arrested by Gilley and Flanigan on murder charges, who reveal
that one of Tito's bodyguards is alive and willing to testify. When Frank
learns of his men's arrest, he orders his lawyers to arrange their release,
despite the lawyers protest of not showing a lot of cash just to bail them out.
Later, Frank and his men head to Chinatown, where they kill Larry and his gang,
taking the heroin. Later, Tito's bodyguard that was willing to testify ends up
dead, and no longer able to hold Frank's men for any of the charges, they are
released. A disgusted Gilley spits in the face of Jump and Gilley and an angry
Flanigan walk away, while Bishop has a conversation with one of Frank's
attorney, angry at the result of the case.
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