The Assassin

A former United States Army sniper is hired by an international petroleum firm to assassinate a notorious Colombian Cocaine Lord. The Houston-based firm needs the Cartel cleared out in order to exploit the proven oil reserves in the region. The Assassin enters the triple canopy rainforest of Central America to track down and execute his prey, where the only rules are the Law of the Jungle, and not everything is as it seems. The exact identity of this Kingpin remains unknown; there is no dossier. The target is referred to only under black whispers as: "The Chess Player."

Unarmed and thus anonymous, this young man rides a public bus deep into the jungle to a small Caribbean village called Puerto Viejo - the end of the road. First, he breaks into the local police station and steals three M-16s. Then, he befriends a lonely beach-combing Vietnam Veteran, a former member of the 173rd Airborne Brigade. The Vet clearly suffers severe PTSD and "Never left the Jungle," yet only this old soldier possesses the unique skills to propel the young sniper to succeed in his gambit in the jungle. The young man lives in the soldier's house, a perfect place to remain anonymous and hide the stolen rifles. From there, the sniper carefully observes and takes measurements, wins over local assets and identifies potential targets, and most difficult - gathers intelligence in a small village. However, the house is a dilapidated crack house; the Vet, a notorious wanted smuggler and an addict, who, unknown to the young sniper, works with the local police.

The village is also ravaged by a crack cocaine epidemic. Death waits for anyone who dares to upset the Cartel. Worse, following strict cartel orders, the local small-time drug dealers even try to feed their evil to the local school children to dominate the populace and enforce the Cartel's control.

Repulsed by this wickedness and against his better tactical judgment, the young man takes immediate action, thus violating the cardinal sniper school rule of "Be Patient!" To solve this problem he gathers empirical information - by hunting down the Cartel members in the jungle like wild trophy animals. Killing in order to discover the true identity of "The Chess Player," and force him into play.

"There is no hunting like the hunting of Man,

and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it,

never care for anything else thereafter."

\- Ernest Hemingway