Two street cops get killed when crazy streetwalker Charlotte (Pam Grier) simply shoots them point blank. The 41st precinct nicknamed Fort Apache covers the wild untamed South Bronx. Murphy (Paul Newman) and Corelli (Ken Wahl) are partners struggling with the unruly masses. Captain Connolly (Edward Asner) takes over the ineffective precinct.
This is not a plot as much as a collection of police stories. It is disjointed and staggers from one section to the next. Their personal lives are pretty weak as well although Newman is pretty good and Wahl holds his own. It just doesn't have the overarching story to keep the movie together other than Charlotte sporadically coming into the picture.
This is not a plot as much as a collection of police stories. It is disjointed and staggers from one section to the next. Their personal lives are pretty weak as well although Newman is pretty good and Wahl holds his own. It just doesn't have the overarching story to keep the movie together other than Charlotte sporadically coming into the picture.