The Big Racket - 1976 - 6/10
AKA - Il Grande Racket

A quartet of enforcers shake down small businesses for protection money.
No pay, the stores are trashed, burned. Wives and daughters raped, murdered.
Cops hound them, but they hide behind the law. If police get tough, lawyers cry foul.
Extremely violent Euro-Crime, heavy on beatings, misogyny, and ballistics.
Lead villains are particularly well cast, their smirking arrogance, sadistic satisfaction.
As with so many of these, even with blood vengeance, the aftertaste is bitter.