He beats up a restaurant owner and collects his car to pay the man's debt, and aids a trio of young men who have been sold a faulty van.

The corrupt business syndicate behind the chemical plant hires some thugs, including Conway, to intimidate the townspeople.

[citation needed] Issues arose between the author Lyndon Mallet and the production company surrounding the casting of Pierce Brosnan in the role of Mark Taffin.

In the book, Mark Taffin was never a handsome man; he was overweight and unattractive, a very different image to that portrayed by Brosnan.

[4] Time Out also criticized the script,[4] a sentiment echoed by Apollo Movie Guide, which thought Taffin was a "disappointment for anyone expecting a smart Brosnan thriller with the Irish touch.