commissioner betti ( maurizio merli ) have be send to naples to help clean up the city . arm robbery and rape and extortion and and murder be everyday occurrence in naples . betti soon realize there be two crime boss behind most of the mayhem capunao ( john saxon ) and the commandante ( barry sullivan ) . the two be at war and betti caught in the middle . betti be a no nonsense kind of cop who be perfectly comfortable use whatever tactic necessary to get the job do . but how far be betti willing to go to get his man . try to do a short summary of a movie violent naples be almost impossible . the movie be in reality little more than a series of action pack set piece string together with an all but invisible plot thread . intricate plot detail be hardly the point of a film like violent naples . instead and it about the action and the pacing . and lenzi be as good at this a anyone who ever make a poliziotteschi . violent naples move from fire bombing to beating to bank hold ups to gunfight to rape without miss a beat . lenzi doesn not give you time to catch your breath before your off to the next action set piece . i be impressed and find memorable the very same moment note in almost every other review or article write on violent naples the vicious bowling scene and the amazing camera work of the motorcycle chase scene . a good a moment a i have yet run across in a poliziotteschi . along the same line a violent naples paper thin plot and if youre look for character insight and development and look elsewhere . merli betti be a two dimensional a leading character a you will find . we know almost nothing of the man . similarly and we know next to nothing about the baddie play by saxon and sullivan . in fact and sit here write this and i can not even remember what their disagreement be about . like i write before and detail like character motivation be secondary to the action . and honestly and i wouldn not want it any other way .