Puncture Wounds

John Nguyen is a veteran suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Despite his status as a war hero, he has difficulty adjusting to civilian life. When he hears a woman scream, he investigates and confronts a group of Aryan Nation thugs harassing Tanya, a prostitute tied to local crime boss Hollis. Tanya is horrified when John kills all but one of the attackers; although grateful, she fears John has doomed them both to Hollis’s wrath. Planning to flee the city, Tanya buys a bus ticket, but Hollis pressures her to stay, promising that she can come off the streets and live with him again. Hollis then orders his lieutenant Vin to murder John’s family. Although reluctant, Vin complies.

Enraged, John tracks down Bennett, a drug dealer, and strikes back at Hollis’s meth operation, killing several of the men responsible for his family’s death.

As Hollis and John wage war, two cops try to solve the case. Sgt. Terry Mitchell believes John is honorable, while his partner, a dirty cop in Hollis’s employ, tries to derail the investigation. John recruits his disabled war buddy J.P. to help him in the final confrontation with Hollis. As Hollis is in the midst of violently raping Tanya, Vin intercedes. Before Vin and Hollis can come to blows, John assaults Hollis’s house and kills most of Hollis’s henchmen, leaving Vin to die after a knife fight. Although John captures Hollis, reinforcements arrive and turn the tide against him. Both John and J.P. are captured, and Hollis murders J.P. John challenges Hollis to a one-on-one fight, and, when John appears to be winning, Tanya shoots and kills Hollis’s remaining henchmen before they can interfere. After John kills Hollis, Mitchell arrives and tells him to leave the scene of the crime, as he will clean it up.

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