Avenger (2006)

Name: Avenger
Director: Robert Markowitz
Genre: TV Movie, Action, Thriller
Released: 2006-04-09
Duration: 1 h 32 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Sam Elliott, Timothy Hutton, James Cromwell, William Hope

TV Movie Action Thriller

Director: Robert Markowitz

Cast: Sam Elliott, Timothy Hutton, James Cromwell, William Hope

5.6

Runtime92 min

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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.

Critical Reception & Ratings

This 2006 TV movie directed by Robert Markowitz received a mixed critical reception, as indicated by its 5.6/10 rating on IMDb. Details about any major awards or nominations for the film are not provided.

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Fans of gritty, realistic action thrillers will enjoy this 2006 film directed by Robert Markowitz, featuring compelling performances from Sam Elliott, Timothy Hutton, and James Cromwell as a private specialist pursuing international war criminals.

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Avenger is a 2006 American television thriller film directed by Robert Markowitz and written by Alan Sharp, based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth. The film stars Sam Elliott and Timothy Hutton. It aired on TNT on April 9, 2006.