Richie Madano

Richie Madano is a character and the main protagonist in the 1991 action film "Out for Justice". He is portrayed by William Forsythe.

Richie Madano came from a family who immigrated from Italy and was raised with a brother Vinnie, and sister Patty in Brooklyn. Richie was one of the neighborhood kids in Brooklyn, along with Gino Felino, Frankie, Bobby Lupo, and a few others. Richie always was into something bad and later on in life his life took a turn for the worse as he got into drug using and drug dealing.

When reaching adulthood, Richie became a crack addict and was in with the Mob, ran by Don Vittorio and childhood friend, Frankie. Gino Felino, however, became a cop in the Brooklyn P.D. and a Narcotics Detective along with Bobby Lupo. Richie being a drug dealer and user made him so messed up and violent. Richie had some girls on the side like a hooker named Rica, and had some fling with a woman named Roxanne Ford.

Richie received a picture of Bobby Lupo with his girlfriend, Roxanne, having sex. Richie kills Roxanne for that and later on the next day, Richie ends up shooting Bobby on the sidewalk in front of a grocery store while Bobby's wife Laurie, and kids and many witnesses see it. Richie tosses a picture of Bobby and Roxanne at Bobby and walks off and gets into a car with his associates, Bochi, Bobby Arms, and Joey Dogs. Laurie takes the picture from Bobby's body so know one would find out about Bobby being a dirty cop.

Not too far away from the murder scene of Bobby Lupo's death. Richie, in the car with Bochi, Bobby Arms, and Joey Dog, are an a street intersection, blocking the street and the driver in the car tells them to move the car and Richie gets out of the car and she bitches him out and calls Richie an asshole and Richie shoots her in the head.

Later on, Don Vittorio puts a contract out on Richie for killing Bobby Lupo, sending Frankie and a few guys with him to find Richie. Gino wants to be assinged to the case of Bobby's murder and is allowed on the case. Richie stops to get some back-up and one of them is Paulie and give him money for back-up. Richie manages to get away from Gino in a high speed pursuit in a car chase and goes to a meat store and Richie's back-up try to deal with Gino at the store and they all fail and get wounded bad.

Richie goes to see Rica at her house. Rica, who has quit prostituting, gets a visit from Richie while helping her sister, Elena, with her homework. Richie asks Rica where she has been and Rica tells her that she got a job at the video store and is trying to turn her life around. Richie tells Rica he wants to have some love with her and she is scared to say "no", even with Elana objecting.

Richie goes to his friend, Chas, called "Chas the Chair", a disabled friend, and mechanic for a hide-out. Richie needs a new vehicle with a scanner in it. Chas and Richie have a conversation and Chas asks him about Bobby's murder. The police arrive at Chas's place and Richie thinks Chas ratted him out cause of Chas asking him questions about killing Bobby and Richie shoots Chas.

Richie sends Joey and a few others to Gino's wife's apartment to kill Gino, but Gino kills them all. Later on, Richie goes to his brother Vinnie's pool hall and bar and sees the place messed up and Vinnie with his nose broken cause of Gino and is not too pleased. Vinnie tells Richie that he has been hastled by not only Gino, but Frankie and a few others of Vittorio's crew. A look-out at Vinnie's bar tells them it is Sal and the other. Richie tells Vinnie to get his gun and Vinnie refuses to take part in killing Sal. Richie punches Vinnie in the nose, telling him "Don't ever let me see you again". Richie kills Sal and 3 of his men.

Richie leaves the bar with Bochi, Tattoos and 2 others. Richie decides to go to Rica's house and have a party and get laid. An informant of Gino's, Picoino, sees Richie at Rica's house and tells Gino he sees Richie. Richie and his friends are having fun and Richie is in another room with Rica. Gino arrives at Rica's house and kills all of Richie's friends and then the 2 go at it. Richie and Gino fight, Richie was not match for Gino's matial arts fighting and tries to use every weapon available and Gino kills Richie by stabbing him in the head with a corkscrew.

Frankie arrives at the scene and sees Gino wounded a little by a gunshot from one of Richie's associates and then grabs Frankie's gun and shoots Richie and tells Frankie he did the right thing and do the ritual thing and put Richie in a car truck in New Jersey.