Colonel Michael Bishop's (Mark Dacascos) last mission went FUBAR and was possibly - to use the title of this movie - sabotaged. He was the only survivor of something that government has disavowed. After healing, he's been working as a bodyguard for billionaires, but when his clients start getting killed off, he realizes that the same operative, Sherwood (Tony Todd), that killed his team and is now coming after him.
This was directed by Tibor Takács (The Gate) - who made four movies with Dacascos - and was a mid 90s direct to video film that you'd find in the action section. It also has Carrie-Ann Moss as FBI special agent Louise Castle, John Neville (Baron Munchausen!) as Bishop's handler Professor Follenfant and Graham Greene as Castle's boss Tollander.
Bishop and Castle are named for chess pieces and, as you can easily follow, are being manipulated like the very same pieces. At least their names aren't Pawn and Pawn. Dacascos is athletic, the bad guys are suitably bad - Todd is always great no matter the material - and revenge is achieved in the most splattery way possible. Back in 1996, this would have been in your five nights for five bucks stack. Today, it can be on the shelf of your collection.
This was directed by Tibor Takács (The Gate) - who made four movies with Dacascos - and was a mid 90s direct to video film that you'd find in the action section. It also has Carrie-Ann Moss as FBI special agent Louise Castle, John Neville (Baron Munchausen!) as Bishop's handler Professor Follenfant and Graham Greene as Castle's boss Tollander.
Bishop and Castle are named for chess pieces and, as you can easily follow, are being manipulated like the very same pieces. At least their names aren't Pawn and Pawn. Dacascos is athletic, the bad guys are suitably bad - Todd is always great no matter the material - and revenge is achieved in the most splattery way possible. Back in 1996, this would have been in your five nights for five bucks stack. Today, it can be on the shelf of your collection.