Avenger (2006)

  • NR
  • 04/09/2006 (US)
  • TV Movie, Action, Thriller
  • 1h 32m

No peace without justice...

Overview

After his own daughter was killed in Panama in 1994, former CIA agent Calvin Dexter became a private 'specialist' in cases which wouldn't reach justice trough the regular legal channels. Two years later he accepts to find Richard 'Ricky' Edmunds for his pa, influential rich businessman Stephen Edmonds. Ricky for a private Canadian war victims charity in Bosnia and went missing. Dexter discovers Ricky was beaten to pulp and drowned for no other crime then helping street boys from the other side by Zoran Zilic and his Serbian paramilitary 'order'. He offers Steven to 'finish the job' as such war criminals don't go to trial. But deputy CIA director Paul Devereaux cares only for a nuclear arms project he wants to use Zilic for. So CIA troubleshooter Frank McBride is ordered to protect him and handle Dexter.

Robert Markowitz

Director

Frederick Forsyth

Novel

Cast

Sam Elliott's headshot

Sam Elliott

Calvin Dexter
Timothy Hutton's headshot

Timothy Hutton

Frank McBride
James Cromwell's headshot

James Cromwell

Paul Devereaux
William Hope's headshot

William Hope

Stephen Edmonds
David Hayman's headshot

David Hayman

Zoran Zilic
Jamie Bartlett's headshot

Jamie Bartlett

Van Rensburg
Lucy Russell's headshot

Lucy Russell

Curtis
Jacqueline Chan's headshot

Jacqueline Chan

Madame Huong (as Jacqui Chan)

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