a small time hood trick the local mob bos out of a lot of money . of course the mob bos want his money back and doesn not care who he have to kill to get it . the punk enlist his friend and an old mobster to help him save his life . if this sound ridiculous and it be . the whole idea that this izod wearing and dune buggy drive punk could hold off one of the most powerful mob in rome be just plain silly . his friend may be good with a gun and but he up against a group of trained killer . the old mobster be little more than comic relief and no real help when it come to the face off with the mob . there also a sub plot about how the friend father be kill year ago by the mob bos and but there little made of it and it doesn not help the movie any at all . the mob bos and mister scarface and be play by jack palance . i suppose he get the name because he have what look like a shave nick on his cheek . palance be as ineffective a the rest of the cast and do what he must to get a paycheck . i have see some pretty good italian crime or cop flick recently and but mister scarface isn not one of them . check out syndicate sadist or revolver instead .