"Who do you think I am . . . Dirty Harry?"

The film begins with the assassination of a mob informant, who was being hidden by the FBI in a remote log cabin. One of the FBI agents is killed whilst protecting the informant - the agent being the son of FBI chief Harry Shannon. We then switch to a small time sheriff Mark Kaminsky (Schwarzenegger) who is disillusioned with how his life has turned out. he once worked for the FBI, but five years previous he brutally beat a suspect who had raped, murdered and mutilated a little girl. He was subsequently forced out by Baxter, who was now heading up a committee into the dealings of mobster Luigi Patrovita.

Chief Shannon calls Kaminsky in on a secret assignment of revenge, to infiltrate Patrovita's organization 'and tear it up'. Harry wants revenge for the death of his son, and can't do anything officially. He dangles the prospect of being re-instated with the FBI to Kaminsky , who agrees. Kaminsky fakes his own death, then poses as Joseph Brenner, getting an audience with Patrovita's right hand man Rocca. Brenner manages to convince his worth by harassing Martin Lamanski, a rival mob boss who is trying to move in on Patrovita's territory. Joseph soon becomes the pain in Lamanski's ass. He also makes the acquaintance of Monique, a woman who works for Rocca's lieutenant Max Keller.

Kaminsky continues to work his way into the good graces of the Patrovita family, but Keller isn't convinced that 'Brenner' is all that he says he is. Keller eventually manages to find his proof, and sends Kaminsky on a special assignment. It is around this time that the leak the FBI has been looking for (who was also responsible for the deaths at the beginning of the movie) is revealed as none other than Baxter, who is forced to stay close to Patrovita. Kaminsky accompanies Keller to a cemetery for the job, but finds out that the target is none other than Chief Harry Shannon, which causes him to blow his cover. Kaminsky and Shannon manage to kill Keller and the other hit man who came along, but not without Shannon being shot and wounded.

Kaminsky escapes, assisted by Monique. He then suits up, gathers an array of firearms and raids one of Patrovita's gravel pits, eventually killing everyone and walking off with the cash left behind. He hands the cash to Monique and gets her on a chartered plane, then sets off to Patrovita's casino, hidden in a basement level of a high class hotel. There, he single-handedly wipes out Patrovita and all of his men, including Rocca. On his way out, he encounters a whimpering Baxter, and offers him a gun with the same line Baxter earlier used on Kaminsky: "Resign, or be prosecuted. Any way you want it." Kaminsky starts to walk off, and when Baxter attempts to shoot him, he turns and shoots Baxter in self-defence.....

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