Intent to Kill

Intent to Kill

Year: 1992

Runtime: 99 mins

Language: English

AdventureActionThriller

When courage overcomes fear, a survivor emerges. A determined young policewoman is assigned to dismantle a ruthless drug kingpin who is forging his own agenda to expand his distribution empire, pulling her into a perilous cat‑and‑mouse pursuit that tests her resolve and the limits of justice.

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Timeline – Intent to Kill (1992)

Trace every key event in Intent to Kill (1992) with our detailed, chronological timeline. Perfect for unpacking nonlinear stories, spotting hidden connections, and understanding how each scene builds toward the film’s climax. Whether you're revisiting or decoding for the first time, this timeline gives you the full picture.

1

Undercover operation begins

Police detective Vickie Stewart goes undercover as a prostitute to infiltrate a drug operation, with her partner Al assisting. The mission kicks off as they dive into a dangerous underworld to locate drugs worth millions.

Los Angeles – undercover operation site
2

Operation goes sour; Sal escapes

Guns fire erupts as the operation turns chaotic, and Sal Salvador escapes with the drugs. Mooch, the drug boss, demands a week to recover the missing drugs worth around $50 million and orders action to cover the loss.

Night Drug operation site
3

Morning at the precinct: Vickie pulled off case

At the Los Angeles Police Station, Captain Jackson removes Vickie from the case. The team reassesses the operation's fallout and begins to regroup.

Morning Los Angeles Police Station
4

Maria's rape claim and disbelief

Maria, a Hispanic prostitute, reports being raped by several men. The police are skeptical and block her from filing charges, leaving her to face the system alone.

Morning Police station
5

Confronting the rapists

Vickie meets Maria and they track down the alleged rapists at their house. She beats the men in the confrontation and confronts the last suspect, delivering street justice.

Afternoon House of the rapists
6

Sal's replacement shipment and double-cross

Sal partners with a black gang to secure a replacement drug shipment but betrays them in a brutal power move. The double-cross intensifies the operation's danger.

Evening Sal's warehouse
7

Roberto Melendez reveals corruption

Vickie speaks with Roberto Melendez, a convict whose brother was killed in the gunfights. He reveals there were two dirty police detectives interrogating him as well, hinting at deeper corruption.

Evening Prison/interview room
8

Infiltration and arrest at the factory

Vickie poses as a job prospect to Philiy the Pig Jacobs, the head of a drug factory. After a struggle, she beats him up and arrests him, disrupting another node in the operation.

Evening Philiy Jacobs's drug factory
9

Afternoon: command rebuke and Al's betrayal unfolds

Captain Jackson scolds Vickie for lacking evidence and orders her to take the afternoon off. Later, she discovers Al has cheated on her, intensifying the personal stakes of the case.

Afternoon Police station; Vickie's home
10

Al's betrayal ignites a personal crisis

Vickie goes to the city park, then returns home to find Al cheating. In a fit of rage, she takes Al's car and sets it on fire, signaling a rupture between Vickie's personal and professional lives.

Evening City park; Vickie's home/garage
11

Maria and Nick's safety; self-defense class

Vickie meets Maria and her father Nick Gonzalez and arranges to room with them, solidifying a protective arrangement. She teaches a self-defense class at the gym. During dinner, she is wooed by Tom Martin, and when three men attempt to rob Maria and Nick, Vickie shoots two attackers and arrests the third.

Evening Maria's home; gym; restaurant
12

Next day: the tail begins

The next day, Vickie follows a lead tied to Roberto as Captain Jackson and Al decide to tail her, with Tom ordered to join them. The chase heightens tensions and blurs lines between police oversight and field action.

Next day Police precinct; city streets
13

The ambush on the police and final showdown

Sal learns of Mia's involvement and is urged to attack the police station, resulting in a brutal nighttime assault that costs many officers their lives and sets off a deadly chase. Vickie tracks Mia to a hotel and then a warehouse; a crash and a final street duel ensue, ending with Vickie shooting Sal dead.

Night Police Station; hotel/warehouse; city street

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