John Frankenheimer directs this crime thriller, adapted from Elmore Leonard's novel. Wealthy businessman Harry Mitchell (Roy Scheider)'s life is turned upside down when a group of vicious blackmailers threaten to expose his extramarital affair unless he pays a significant ransom. When Mitchell refuses to pay up, the blackmailers kill his young mistress Cini (Kelly Preston) and frame him for the murder. Unable to go to the police because of his wife's political aspirations, Mitchell takes matters into his own hands in a desperate attempt to end the ordeal.

Fourth instalment in the series of revenge features starring Charles Bronson as architect turned vigilante Paul Kersey. This time, following the death of his girlfriend's daughter from an overdose, Kersey determines to wipe out L.A.'s drug dealers. However, hot on his heels is Detective Reiner (George Dickerson), who is determined to put Kersey behind bars for taking the law into his own hands.