Rozie Bacchi

“大物”になる夢を抱き続け、気がつけば職もなく、家賃まで滞納しているサム。ある日、隣に住む美女サラにひと目惚れし、何とかデートの約束を取り付けるが次の日、彼女は忽然と消えてしまう。もぬけの殻になった部屋を訪ねたサムは、壁に書かれた奇妙な記号を見つけ、陰謀の匂いをかぎ取る。折しも、大富豪や映画プロデューサーらの失踪や謎の死が続き、真夜中になると犬殺しが出没し、街を操る謎の裏組織の存在が噂されていた。そんな中重要なヒントが、“ニンテンドー・パワー・マガジン”のあるページの暗号に辿り着き──。

During a late night drinking binge with bartender Nicky (Michael Marino), sixty-five year-old postman Sol Solzberg (Charlie Callas) leaks the details of his life-long plan to rob some valuable stamps from the local post office. Sol then promptly drops dead of a heart attack. Suddenly armed with his sure-fire answer to his financial woes, Nicky assembles a "crack" team of hapless crooks, headed by his best friend Paul (Jim Norton), and begins to plan and execute the caper. Whoever said crime doesn't pay had this gang of moronic Jersey boys in mind!

Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.