Jack Taggart (Steven Seagal) is an EPA (Environmental
Protection Agent) whose best friend another EPA Frank Elkins (John Diehl) murdered in Kentucky while on an assignment. The Kentucky State Police said it
was an accident because his truck fell into the river. The EPA thought
differently, and this is why Jack Taggart is on his way to where Frank secured
the water sample that tested off the charts for a poisonous
substance.
The last time Jack talked to Frank they planned to go hunting
and fishing when he returned from Kentucky. But he never returned from Kentucky
and neither did two FBI agents who met the same fate.
Frank Elkins went to Kentucky after the EPA received an anonymous
letter from a small town in Kentucky named Jackson. The letter stated the water
was contaminated with something that was killing the fish and making people so
sick they died. And he also sent in his report that an abandoned coal mine shaft
proved to be the dumping place for the toxic waste. And, the Hanner Coal Company
was owned by a big business tycoon Orin Hanner, Sr. (Krist Kristofferson) who
was using it to make millions while he killed the territory around it along
with the people.
Orin Hanner, Sr. only cared for himself and the money he
made. The people and the land around Jackson Kentucky meant nothing to him;
only the millions of dollars he collected from big businesses to dispose of
their chemical waste.
When Jack lands his plane--- he met his contact who is
Preacher Bob Goodall (Levon Helm) and he takes Jack to his living quarters down
from the church. Jack will be undercover as a carpenter while he collects evidence
against Orin Hanner, Sr. to put him away for life.
Preacher Goodall gave Jack a list of people who needed work
on their houses. On his first day of repairing a home the family had a sick boy
who had a rash on his arm. Jack found this out after the sisters told him about
their sick brother.
That night Sheriff Lloyd ( Ed Bruce) who is owned by the
wealthy Orin Hanner, Sr. drove to the church with Orin Hanner, Jr. (Brad Hunt)
who works for his father and is just as mean and crooked as he is. Orin, Sr.
wanted to know who Jack was and what he was doing there. Sheriff Lloyd wanted
to talk with Jack the new guy in town, but Orin, Jr. said no let the boys scare
him first.
In essence the boys did not scare Jack when they put two rattlesnakes
in his room, and they did not scare him off when they picked a fight by telling
him to “Get Out.” But they ended up as the ones hurt, bleeding and bruised.
The longer he stayed in Jackson the more people will like him
and maybe someone will trust him enough to share information. All he needed was more evidence and a witness who will point out the guilty ones in court.
Now, Jack has met Sarah Kellogg (Marg Helgenberger) who appears
to live by herself with her bees. Her bees are her only income it seems as Jack
witnessed her trading the honey she sold at the local grocery store for food.
They become friends and she helped him in the end and he
helps her come out of her dark past which was not her fault. This is a movie with drama, action, adventure and thriller
sprinkled with a little romance.
I hope you enjoyed it.
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