After a particularly long and awkward interrogation, Starsky and Hutch decide to unwind for the evening by going for a meal at an Italian restaurant. But the evening out is hardly the relaxing time anticipated when the restaurant is taken over by two syndicate hitmen planning to take out a Mob boss when he arrives for dinner. In the commotion, Starsky is critically injured with a gun-shot wound, and Hutch must try to keep himself, his partner, and the restaurant patrons alive while dealing with the trigger-happy gunmen...