Controversial crime drama from Abel Ferrara, the director of 'Driller Killer'. Harvey Keitel plays an unhinged New York detective who feeds his drug habit and eases his gambling debts by preying on the low-life criminals with whom he comes into contact. However, when a young nun (Frankie Thorn) refuses to reveal to him the identity of the men who raped her, he begins to question his errant behaviour and believes the nun may offer him a chance of spiritual redemption.