Avenger (film)

Avenger is a 2006 American television thriller film directed by Robert Markowitz and written by Alan Sharp, based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth. The film stars Sam Elliott and Timothy Hutton. It aired on TNT on April 9, 2006.

Premise
A CIA agent steps in to stop a former special forces operative on a for-hire mission that poses a global threat.

Cast

 * Sam Elliott as Calvin Dexter
 * Timothy Hutton as Frank McBride
 * James Cromwell as Paul Devereaux
 * Antonio Lyons as Washington Lee

Production
Filming took place in Cape Town, South Africa.

Release
The film was broadcast on TNT on April 9, 2006. It was released on DVD by Warner Home Video on October 3, 2006.

Reception
David Cornelius of DVDTalk saying "Its plot is merely an afterthought, a thread on which we hang the coolness that is Sam Elliott".