The death of a girl triggers a vigilante to seek revenge as detectives Logan Ford and Malik Edwards follow the grizzly trail in eighties New York.

SYNOPSIS:

Set in New York City during the 80s, time-served detective Logan Ford is ordered to work with university qualified Malik Edwards, who is seen as a protege with a bright future. Diametrically opposed characters, they are soon assigned to investigate the death of pregnant Lucia Blinkley whose body is discovered in an industrial wasteland with the knowledge that she had been moved.

With the coroner establishing the cause of death and her identity established, the detectives embark on the trail, but no sooner have they started when the murdered body of corrupt police officer Bernie Hillcroft indicates a connection with the Chelmsford Hotel, owned by mobster Giacomo Pulcinella.

The detectives realise a serial killer has resurfaced and are in hot pursuit when local councillor becomes the next victim. By now there is a clear link between the three deaths, involving an illegal land grab that includes politician Robert Sanderson, resulting in a sense of urgency to find Pulcinella.

A SWAT team raid his offices but he is already in the process of meeting the panic-stricken Sanderson, but unbeknown to all, the killer has bugged the mobster, extracted evidence from his office and is aware of the clandestine meeting.

The following day, with the murdered body of Pulcinella found, the detectives are closing in on the murderer. Logan confronts his neighbour, who he believes may be the killer while Malik discovers the father of the unborn and visits his apartment.

During the argument with his neighbour, Logan realises who was at the hotel with Lucia when she died and heads to Sanderson's home, where the politician and his wife are entrapped by the killer who prepares to enact his final murder.

Before he has the chance, Logan appears but is shot and disarmed before discovering that the murderer is Lucia Blinkley's social worker and lover, Richard Evans.

Evans approaches the writhing detective and takes aim but a gunshot rings out with blood seeping from his nose. He turns to see Malik who fatally shoots him a second time.

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