Loan sharking is the backbone of organized crime and Joey Macaluso was the biggest shark in New York. He battered and tortured and killed his way to the top. When you borrowed money from Joey you kept up your payments - or else. The "or else" could range all the way from a beating, having your hands chopped off, or being burned to death with a blowtorch. Joey was King of the Shylocks, then one day he picked on the wrong man. Suddenly Joey found minself fighting for his life.
