腰缠万贯的法国富豪阿兰（费尔南多·雷依 Fernando Rey 饰）手上运作着全球最大的海洛因走私网，警方多番追踪仍无法将其落网，卧底警察也被残忍杀害。而在另一头的纽约城，侦探道尔（吉恩·哈克曼 Gene Hackman 饰）和鲁索（罗伊·施奈德 Roy Scheider 饰）还在酒吧中与当地贩毒分子交锋，浑然不知阿兰正在计划将一笔3200万美元的海洛因走私…
On Christmas Eve Johnny Modine's father is murdered by a psycho cut-throat. The cop swears bloody revenge, though he's taken off the case. He doesn't suspect yet that he's also target in a diabolic plan of revenge.
