▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁American ▁action ▁thr iller ▁film ▁st arring ▁Ke enen ▁I v ory ▁Way ans ▁( who ▁also ▁wrote ▁the ▁screen play ) ▁and ▁Jon ▁Vo ight ; ▁directed ▁by ▁David ▁Gl enn ▁Hog an . ▁ ▁Plot ▁ ▁James ▁D unn ▁( W ay ans ), ▁a ▁United ▁States ▁Marine ▁who ▁served ▁in ▁the ▁G ulf ▁War ▁is ▁wrong ly ▁accused ▁of ▁an ▁assass ination ▁of ▁an ▁officer ▁he ▁had ▁disput ed ▁with . ▁D unn ▁is ▁later ▁saved ▁from ▁death ▁row ▁and ▁rec ru ited ▁for ▁a ▁top - secret ▁special ▁operations ▁squad ▁led ▁by ▁L t . ▁Col . ▁Grant ▁Case y ▁( V o ight ). ▁Their ▁mission ▁is ▁to ▁neutral ize ▁crim inals ▁who ▁had ▁avoided ▁conventional ▁law ▁enfor cement ▁methods . ▁On ▁his ▁first ▁mission , ▁D unn ▁finds ▁that ▁his ▁purpose ▁is ▁to ▁actually ▁be ▁f als ely ▁perce ived ▁as ▁the ▁man ▁who ▁assass in ated ▁the ▁first ▁lady . ▁So on , ▁a ▁search ▁begins ▁for ▁D unn ▁and ▁Dr . ▁Victoria ▁Constant ini ▁( H enn ess y ) ▁who ▁was ▁a ▁witness ▁to ▁what ▁happened ▁and ▁had ▁vide ot aped ▁the ▁incident . ▁D unn ▁finds ▁her ▁and ▁she ▁becomes ▁a ▁rel uct ant ▁al ly ▁to ▁him ▁after ▁he ▁saved ▁her ▁life ▁after ▁she ▁was ▁target ed ▁by ▁the ▁consp ir ators ▁and ▁blow ▁up ▁her ▁house . ▁The ▁military , ▁led ▁by ▁General ▁Adam ▁Wood ward , ▁who ▁in ▁fact ▁was ▁pos ing ▁as ▁the ▁dece