扎克是个发明家，他正全神贯注于对新的骑车动力电池的发明。儿子乔自小也对发明感兴趣，但他对父亲的工作知之甚少，知道有人绑架他，并威胁扎克在出售发明专利的合同上签字的时候，乔才逐渐了解事情的真相。原来，一个国际石油卡特尔组织对扎克的发明十分恐惧，他们决定买下他的专利，并让此专利永不见天日。他们绑架了乔，和乔在一起的还有他的…

Mario Bellini's (Adrien Brody) life as an undertaker may not be filled with romance, but his funeral parlor certainly sees some action: Business is booming because of a local mob war. While wise guys are being bumped off left and right, Mario is asked by crime boss Alberto (Burt Young) to hide his hit man brother Rocco…