After the pay - off goes wrong, Creasy vows to take revenge on all those who have contributed to Pita's death, turning to Federal Investigations chief Manzano (Giancarlo Giannini) and upright journalist Mariana (Rachel Ticotin) to guide him through all the
sleaze and corruption — and, being an ex-assassin for the CIA, Creasy knows a thing or two about the
business of killing — or, as his friend Raymond (Christopher Walken) puts it, «Creasy's art is death; he's about to paint his masterpiece».