Without Remorse

In [[North Vietnam]], a U.S. [[target drone]] discovers [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] Colonel Robin Zacharias as a [[prisoner of war]] in a secret camp administered by the [[North Vietnamese Army|NVA]]. Since Zacharias possesses highly classified knowledge and has been declared killed in action, Admiral Dutch Maxwell arranges a secret rescue mission for him as well as other American POWs held in the camp. Unbeknownst to them, Soviet colonel Nikolay Grishanov has been interrogating the prisoners and lobbies his government to transport Zacharias and his fellow prisoners into the [[Soviet Union]], citing their intelligence value. However, friction between the Soviets and the North Vietnamese leads the latter to decide to kill the POWs.

In [[North Vietnam]], a U.S. [[target drone]] discovers [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] Colonel Robin Zacharias as a [[prisoner of war]] in a secret camp administered by the [[North Vietnamese Army|NVA]]. Since Zacharias possesses highly classified knowledge and has been declared killed in action, Admiral Dutch Maxwell arranges a secret rescue mission for him as well as other American POWs held in the camp. Unbeknownst to them, Soviet colonel Nikolay Grishanov has been interrogating the prisoners and lobbies his government to transport Zacharias and his fellow prisoners into the [[Soviet Union]], citing their intelligence value. However, friction between the Soviets and the North Vietnamese leads the latter to decide to kill the POWs.

Meanwhile, Kelly recovers from his wounds with the help of Dr. Rosen and his head nurse, Sandra "Sandy" O'Toole. Vowing to exact revenge on the people responsible for Pam's death, he wages a private war on Tucker's drug ring, eliminating some of its players and saving some female drug mules in the process. He recruits Rosen and O'Toole to help rehabilitate one of the rescued prostitutes, Doris Brown. He later obtains more information on the drug ring from brutally torturing one of Pam's pimps, William "Billy" Grayson, using a pressure chamber designed to simulate deep-water diving conditions; he is then left to die from severe [[decompression sickness]]. However, his specialized tactics, including advanced close-quarters combat, camouflaging himself as a homeless man, meticulous intelligence gathering, and manufacturing of suppressors for his firearms draw the attention of local investigators, particularly Emmet Ryan, who investigated Kelly's initial altercation and Pam's subsequent death.

Meanwhile, Kelly recovers from his wounds with the help of Dr. Rosen and his head nurse, Sandra "Sandy" O'Toole. He wages a private war on Tucker's drug ring, eliminating some of its players and saving some female drug mules in the process. He recruits Rosen and O'Toole to help rehabilitate one of the rescued prostitutes, Doris Brown. He later obtains more information on the drug ring from brutally torturing one of Pam's pimps, William "Billy" Grayson, using a pressure chamber designed to simulate deep-water diving conditions; he is then left to die from severe [[decompression sickness]]. Kelly's tactics draw the attention of local investigators, particularly Emmet Ryan, who investigated Kelly's initial altercation and Pam's subsequent death.

Later, Kelly is approached by Admiral Maxwell to act as the [[Pathfinder (military)|pathfinder]] for the rescue mission on Zacharias and other American POWs, since he is familiar with the area from his days in the [[Underwater Demolition Team|UDT]] and had previously gone behind [[line of battle|enemy lines]] to rescue Maxwell's son. Kelly pauses his personal vendetta, and proceeds to [[Vietnam]]. A [[KGB]] [[mole (espionage)|mole]] informs the Soviets of the rescue mission, compromising it. However, Kelly manages to capture Grishanov while escaping from the camp, who is then used as leverage to negotiate the transfer of Colonel Zacharias and his fellow prisoners to the [[Hanoi Hilton]], where they will be confirmed as alive and eventually returned.

Kelly is approached by Admiral Maxwell to act as the [[Pathfinder (military)|pathfinder]] for the rescue mission on Zacharias and other American POWs, since he is familiar with the area from his days in the [[Underwater Demolition Team|UDT]] and had previously gone behind [[line of battle|enemy lines]] to rescue Maxwell's son. Kelly pauses his personal vendetta, and proceeds to [[Vietnam]]. A [[KGB]] [[mole (espionage)|mole]] informs the Soviets of the rescue mission, compromising it. However, Kelly manages to capture Grishanov while escaping from the camp, who is then used as leverage to negotiate the transfer of Colonel Zacharias and his fellow prisoners to the [[Hanoi Hilton]], where they will be confirmed as alive and eventually returned.

Upon returning from Vietnam, Kelly finds out that Doris and her father Raymond had been killed and continues his mission. He finds out that the [[heroin]] processed by Tucker's drug ring was smuggled into the U.S. through the corpses of dead American soldiers, and also deduces that a corrupt police officer is on Tucker's payroll. Meanwhile, the [[CIA]] try to recruit him following his actions in Vietnam, and due to Kelly's difficult position, they agree to help him escape his legal troubles in return for the assassination of the mole who had jeopardized the Vietnam operation. Kelly forces the supposed mole, an aide to the Special Assistant to the [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] named Walter "Wally" Hicks, to kill himself, inadvertently leaving the real mole, a [[United States Senate|Senate]] aide and anti-war activist, named Peter Henderson, active. He then rushes to complete his vendetta, stalking the building where the remaining drug dealers were gathered together. Before killing Tucker and his remaining cohorts, corrupt police Lieutenant Mark Charon, who is on Tucker's payroll, enters the building but is incidentally murdered by one of his fellow partners, Tony Piaggi, before Charon could betray his partners.

Upon returning from Vietnam, Kelly finds out that Doris and her father Raymond had been killed and continues his mission. He finds out that the [[heroin]] processed by Tucker's drug ring was smuggled into the U.S. through the corpses of dead American soldiers, and also deduces that a corrupt police officer is on Tucker's payroll. Meanwhile, the [[CIA]] try to recruit him following his actions in Vietnam, and due to Kelly's difficult position, they agree to help him escape his legal troubles in return for the assassination of the mole who had jeopardized the Vietnam operation. Kelly forces the supposed mole, an aide to the Special Assistant to the [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] named Walter "Wally" Hicks, to kill himself, inadvertently leaving the real mole, a [[United States Senate|Senate]] aide and anti-war activist named Peter Henderson, active. Kelly rushes to complete his vendetta, stalking the building where the remaining drug dealers were gathered together. Before killing Tucker and his remaining cohorts, corrupt police Lieutenant Mark Charon, who is on Tucker's payroll, enters the building but is incidentally murdered by one of his fellow partners, Tony Piaggi, before Charon could betray his partners.

Ryan deduces that Kelly is the vigilante targeting drug dealers and their corrupt police partners. He confronts him on his boat, where Kelly confesses. He bargains with the detective for one more hour of liberty before being arrested; Ryan agrees, but Kelly fakes his death by capsizing his boat near a [[Cargo ship|cargo ship]] in the [[Chesapeake Bay|bay]]. He is then rescued by his [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] superiors, who recruit him under his new identity as John Clark. He quietly resumes contact with O'Toole and marries her. Three years later, Zacharias and his fellow POWs are [[Operation Homecoming|released]] after the end of [[United States in the Vietnam War|the American involvement in the Vietnam War]]. It is also revealed that O'Toole is pregnant.

Ryan deduces that Kelly is the vigilante targeting drug dealers and his colleague Charon. He confronts him on his boat, where Kelly confesses. He bargains with the detective for one more hour of liberty before being arrested; Ryan agrees, but Kelly fakes his death by capsizing his boat near a [[Cargo ship|cargo ship]] in the [[Chesapeake Bay|bay]]. He is then rescued by his [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] superiors, who recruit him under his new identity as John Clark. He quietly resumes contact with O'Toole and marries her. Three years later, Zacharias and his fellow POWs are [[Operation Homecoming|released]] after the end of [[United States in the Vietnam War|the American involvement in the Vietnam War]]. It is also revealed that O'Toole is pregnant.

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