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directed by Raymond Martino and starring

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as China Smith and

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as Frank Davinci. The film is a sequel to ''DaVinci's War'', and its plot concerns a

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, coming after being named

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Plot summary

Anna Nicole Smith plays Vickie Lynn, an ex-CIA agent going by the pseudonym "Collette" who is attempting to track down the leader of an organization of trained assassins to exact revenge for the murder of her husband. Joey Travolta is Frank DaVinci, an ex

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veteran who is also after the same man for his own reasons. In light of this, they agree to work together to track him down with the help of Lynn's boyfriend, assassin China Smith, played by

. In the opening scenes, Vickie's husband is killed in a car bombing, which forces her to go into hiding. Meanwhile, Da Vinci's wedding is interrupted when a large group of masked gunmen attack the ceremony resulting in a massive shootout where Da Vinci is wounded, but his young bride Lupe (played by

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) is killed, along with several civilians, as well as several of Da Vinci's bodyguards, and all of the attacking gunmen are killed as well. In the hospital, another attempt is made on Da Vinci's life when a female assassin, named Maryann, attempts to kill him in his hospital bed by injecting a syringe into his I.V. drip, but he survives by pulling out the I.V. drip in time. After this, Da Vinci goes into hiding at his retreat house in Las Vegas. Six months later, Da Vinci recovers enough when, by chance, he runs into Vickie and they agree to help each other find the person responsible for the losses of their loved ones. The perpetrator is revealed to be corrupt and ruthless CIA officer Arthur Jameson (played by

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). Knowing that he and Lynn (still going by the name "Collette") can't face Jameson alone, he enlists the help of his war colleagues (

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and Gino Dente) and two ex-mobster brothers named Philly (

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), and Joey Bambino (

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) to find the location of Jameson's hideout.

Cast

as Frank DaVinci *

as Thomas "China" Smith *

as Collette / Vickie Lynn *

as Joey Bambino *

as Philly Bambino *

as Lupe (replacing

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from the first film) *

as Don Williams * Gino Dente as Elvis *

as Arthur Jameson *

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as Frannie *

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as Father Rich *

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as Carlo

References

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* * 1995 films 1995 crime thriller films 1995 action thriller films American crime thriller films American action thriller films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films English-language crime thriller films English-language action thriller films {{1990s-US-film-stub