In the movie, Grier plays the strong, titular character. Coffy is a nurse by day and vigilante by night who conducts a one-woman war on organized crime in Los Angeles after her sister, Lubelle Coffin (an 11-year-old heroin addict), is harmed by drug abuse. Along the way, her police officer friend, Carter, is beaten into a coma, and her politician boyfriend, Howard, betrays her to the mob. Using every tool in her arsenal, from seduction to brute force, she eventually dispenses with every mafioso and crooked cop in the film.
