After surviving a sneak attack on himself and fellow agents Jimmy and Gene as they were transporting drug kingpin Raymond Manta out of a Mexican jail, FBI agent Jeff Douglas becomes an uwitting pawn of the White Hand drug cartel. Mistakenly told that his already murdered family is being held hostage, Jeff is forced to turn one-time courier for the White Hand, whose leaders are Manta and four others named Helmut Vitch, Milt Kowalski, Russ LaFleur, and Hansel Lee. After surviving a car-bombing in Las Vegas, Jeff learns the truth about his family being murdered, and he sets out to exterminate the White Hand cartel. Unofficially aided by an agent named Megan, whose mother was raped and murdered years ago, Jeff steals FBI files and begins his campaign of revenge on the White Hand cartel.
Acting
Robert Patrick's simmering rage outclasses everything around him.
Practical Effects
Car bomb in Vegas actually looks expensive for this budget tier.
Stunts
Chaotic shootouts where everyone fires infinite ammunition.
Director
Joseph Merhi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mick Fleetwood took this role during a Fleetwood Mac hiatus; he's one of five cartel leaders despite having roughly four minutes of screen time.
This epitomizes the '90s direct-to-video action boom where T2 alumni like Patrick could headline cheap revenge thrillers that aped Die Hard's everyman violence without the budget.
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