Terrible Delights #148: the Seven-Ups

This week's pick is the 1973 crime thriller the Seven-Ups. Tough New York City cop Buddy Manucci who operates as part of an unconventional team called "The Seven-Ups" that uses drastic measures to bring criminals to justice. When Vito Lucia, one of Manucci's street contacts, uses a classified police list to kidnap mobsters and hold them for ransom, it sets off a series of escalating conflicts. After a member of Manucci's unit is killed in the ensuing violence, the cop and his crew stop at nothing to get revenge.