Jean Paul Belmondo in tough guy mode, a sort of free lance muscle who does jobs the cops can't touch like bust heroin dealers and shut down gambling operations. The main plot of this involves him looking into a serial killer (Bruno Cremer, who you may recognise from Sorcerer) who gets young men to help him rob banks then kills them.
It's not very well made (the writer and director is Philippe Labro), and the film suffers in the early part when Belmondo is not around. But things pick up when Belmondo hooks up with a young man who Cremer failed to kill; he breaks him out of prison and they escape together.
The last half hour is good - Cremer killing the boy and then Belmondo seeking revenge (shock - another French film about the undeclared love between two men), resulting in some strong action and a climactic fight scene where Belmondo shoves a broken glass bottle into Cremer's gut, leading to a quote from Oscar Wilde plays over the credits.
It feels like a TV show with a bit more violence and a major star in the lead.
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