A decorated Vietnam vet returns to his old neighborhood in Hell's Kitchen, New York only to find it overrun by crime, gangs and decay. Disillusioned by what he fought for, he takes it upon himself to wage a one-man war to violently reclaim the streets through sheer grit and determination.

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