A wave of kidnappings has swept through Mexico, feeding a growing sense
of panic among its wealthier citizens, especially parents. In one six-day
period, there were twenty-four abductions, leading many to hire bodyguards
for their children. Into this world enters John Creasy, a burned-out ex-CIA
operative/assassin, who has given up on life. Creasy's friend Rayburn
brings him to Mexico City to be a bodyguard to nine-year-old Pita Ramos,
daughter of industrialist Samuel Ramos and his wife Lisa. Creasy is not
interested in being a bodyguard, especially to a youngster, but for lack of
something better to do, he accepts the assignment. Creasy barely tolerates
the precocious child and her pestering questions about him and his life. But
slowly, she chips away at his seemingly impenetrable exterior, his defenses
drop, and he opens up to her. Creasy's new-found purpose in life is
shattered when Pita is kidnapped. Despite being seriously wounded during
the kidnapping, he vows to kill anyone involved in or profiting from the
kidnapping. And no one can stop him.