Painkiller
Sam Larson (Kevin James) is a loner who has written a fictional novel, Memoirs of an International Assassin, but is having trouble with the ending, the signature line at the end. He has a day job wher…
Painkiller
Sam Larson (Kevin James) is a loner who has written a fictional novel, Memoirs of an International Assassin, but is having trouble with the ending, the signature line at the end. He has a day job where he is pressured by his boss to work weekends and extra hours. After discussing his problem with his good friend Amos (Ron Rifkin) and receiving an outlandish story about an assassin named Ghost, Larson decides to incorporate what Amos tells him into his novel. He talks about a Mossad operative "The Ghost", hired by the Birts in 88, eliminating a Venezuelan General and then escaping by a Helicopter. The Helicopter was shot down, but the agent survived and lives underground now. The novel is published online by Kylie Applebaum and is classified as nonfiction, re-titled True Memoirs of an International Assassin. Kylie made these changes without asking Larson and he feels threatened as people might think he is a real assassin. Amos is really angry as he had specifically asked Larson not to use any of the stuff about the Ghost. Kylie gets Larson on a live interview with Katie Couric, but Larson gets really nervous and chickens out in the middle of the interview. Now a bestseller, Larson is kidnapped and taken to Venezuela. Larson is awakened by El Toro (Andy GarcÃa), a pro-democratic revolutionary who wants the assassination of the President of Venezuela, Miguel Cueto (Kim Coates), who believes the novel to be the truth and tasks Larson with the assassination. Juan works for Toro and doesn't believe Larson is the Ghost. Juan takes Larson to Caracas to spy on the President and create an assassination plan. The CIA agents Cobb and Cleveland are monitoring Toro and see Samuel with him, and don't think he will survive till the next day. Larson escapes Juan and goes to the nearest police station, where he asks to be taken to the US embassy, but discovers they are the gangster Anton Masovich's (Andrew Howard) henchmen, and they demand money from Larson. Larson then calls Kylie Applebaum (Kelen Coleman), but believing that he is just playing with her, she hangs up. Before the police can kill him, Larson is saved by DEA agent, Rosa Bolivar (Zulay Henao), who was trailing the corrupt cops to get to Masovich (a heroin smuggling Russian). Larson tells Rosa the truth. After they escape, Bolivar asks Larson to talk with Masovich as he is expected to meet him in 15 mins (the cops were supposed to take him there & Rosa wants to find what Masovich has in mind for Larson). There, Masovich asks Larson to kill El Toro, as he would be affected should the president be killed. Larson pretends to agree after seeing Masovich's violent behavior. Meanwhile, CIA agents William Cobb (Rob Riggle) and Michael Cleveland (Leonard Earl Howze) meet with the president and General Ruiz (Yul Vazquez) regarding Larson and tell him that Larson is not legit. General Ruiz decides to speak to Larson himself to assess the truth. Larson and Bolivar, while talking about the situation at a restaurant (Rosa says it is confirmed that Masovich is protecting the President and financing him with his drug money), are found by Juan (Maurice Compte), who takes Larson hostage. General Ruiz, guided by the CIA agents, has the army searching for Juan and Larson. Larson tries to get Juan to steal a truck, but in the process, Larson gets captured by General Ruiz. General Ruiz then tells Larson to kill Masovich (as he has too much power) or Larson will be tried and executed for his involvement with killing the president, prompting Larson to agree. Cobb and Cleveland, who has bugged Ruiz's house, decide to get Larson killed by filling in Masovich, who goes into a violent rage upon hearing that Larson betrayed him. Larson meets Bolivar and fills her in, who then admits she has always wanted to kill Masovich, as he caused the DEA to write her off. She comes up with a plan to humiliate both Masovich and the president. Larson initially refuses, stating he just wants to go home. They are then promptly attacked by Masovich's minions, and escape, but not before he gets shot in the shoulder. Larson and Bolivar then return to El Toro's, getting an army to infiltrate the inauguration ball and murder the president. When they arrive, Ruiz reminds Larson to kill Masovich. Masovich then spots Larson and attempts to kill him, but Bolivar distracts him. Juan, disguised as a waiter, reminds him of El Toro's orders. After they dance, Bolivar and Masovich fight upstairs, while Larson forces the president to confess his plan to kill Masovich. The president finds out Larson has recorded him but, being depressed and hating his life, promptly kills himself. Meanwhile, the fight between Bolivar and Masovich reaches the president's office and ends with Masovich getting shot and killed by Ruiz. Larson and Bolivar then get arrested by General Ruiz, but are sent back to El Toro's, and Juan apologizes to Larson for not believing him. Bolivar is hired for the revolution by El Toro, and El Toro takes Larson alone, preparing to kill him (as he knows too much). Cobb and Cleveland interrupt him, as they are asked to take him home. Larson is happy to go, but worried about Bolivar. At the airport, Larson escapes to try to save Bolivar, who is being held by El Toro for information about Masovich's drug empire. Juan is shocked to know that El Toro wants to continue the drug trade for his own profits. Just as Juan is about to kill her, Larson appears, armed. Larson convinces Juan to take his side, they fight El Toro and attempt to free Bolivar. However, they are defeated, and El Toro takes Bolivar in his helicopter. Juan convinces Larson not to give up, and so he follows them onto it. After a brief struggle, Larson finally kills El Toro, who remarks that he always knew Larson was the Ghost. Larson and Bolivar then jump out of the helicopter and land in the water. Then, cornered by General Ruiz (who plans to take over the country), they are about to be killed by him, but then he's shot by Amos (the real Ghost), who disappears. Six months later, Juan is the president of Venezuela, with Bolivar watching. Cobb and Cleveland, who are also watching, remark that he will be hard to control and that they hate the Ghost. Larson has become a bestselling author, having released his new book, which includes some of his Venezuela adventures. At a TV interview with Katie Couric, she asks him whether the book was real, and Larson denies it, saying it is a work of fiction.
Painkiller
Action,Mystery,Thriller
Film Details
Sam Larson (Kevin James) is a loner who has written a fictional novel, Memoirs of an International Assassin, but is having trouble with the ending, the signature line at the end. He has a day job where he is pressured by his boss to work weekends and extra hours. After discussing his problem with his good friend Amos (Ron Rifkin) and receiving an outlandish story about an assassin named Ghost, Larson decides to incorporate what Amos tells him into his novel.
He talks about a Mossad operative "The Ghost", hired by the Birts in 88, eliminating a Venezuelan General and then escaping by a Helicopter. The Helicopter was shot down, but the agent survived and lives underground now. The novel is published online by Kylie Applebaum and is classified as nonfiction, re-titled True Memoirs of an International Assassin.
Kylie made these changes without asking Larson and he feels threatened as people might think he is a real assassin. Amos is really angry as he had specifically asked Larson not to use any of the stuff about the Ghost. Kylie gets Larson on a live interview with Katie Couric, but Larson gets really nervous and chickens out in the middle of the interview.
Now a bestseller, Larson is kidnapped and taken to Venezuela. Larson is awakened by El Toro (Andy GarcÃa), a pro-democratic revolutionary who wants the assassination of the President of Venezuela, Miguel Cueto (Kim Coates), who believes the novel to be the truth and tasks Larson with the assassination. Juan works for Toro and doesn't believe Larson is the Ghost.
Juan takes Larson to Caracas to spy on the President and create an assassination plan. The CIA agents Cobb and Cleveland are monitoring Toro and see Samuel with him, and don't think he will survive till the next day. Larson escapes Juan and goes to the nearest police station, where he asks to be taken to the US embassy, but discovers they are the gangster Anton Masovich's (Andrew Howard) henchmen, and they demand money from Larson.
Larson then calls Kylie Applebaum (Kelen Coleman), but believing that he is just playing with her, she hangs up. Before the police can kill him, Larson is saved by DEA agent, Rosa Bolivar (Zulay Henao), who was trailing the corrupt cops to get to Masovich (a heroin smuggling Russian). Larson tells Rosa the truth.
After they escape, Bolivar asks Larson to talk with Masovich as he is expected to meet him in 15 mins (the cops were supposed to take him there & Rosa wants to find what Masovich has in mind for Larson). There, Masovich asks Larson to kill El Toro, as he would be affected should the president be killed. Larson pretends to agree after seeing Masovich's violent behavior.
Meanwhile, CIA agents William Cobb (Rob Riggle) and Michael Cleveland (Leonard Earl Howze) meet with the president and General Ruiz (Yul Vazquez) regarding Larson and tell him that Larson is not legit. General Ruiz decides to speak to Larson himself to assess the truth. Larson and Bolivar, while talking about the situation at a restaurant (Rosa says it is confirmed that Masovich is protecting the President and financing him with his drug money), are found by Juan (Maurice Compte), who takes Larson hostage.
General Ruiz, guided by the CIA agents, has the army searching for Juan and Larson. Larson tries to get Juan to steal a truck, but in the process, Larson gets captured by General Ruiz. General Ruiz then tells Larson to kill Masovich (as he has too much power) or Larson will be tried and executed for his involvement with killing the president, prompting Larson to agree.
Cobb and Cleveland, who has bugged Ruiz's house, decide to get Larson killed by filling in Masovich, who goes into a violent rage upon hearing that Larson betrayed him. Larson meets Bolivar and fills her in, who then admits she has always wanted to kill Masovich, as he caused the DEA to write her off. She comes up with a plan to humiliate both Masovich and the president.
Larson initially refuses, stating he just wants to go home. They are then promptly attacked by Masovich's minions, and escape, but not before he gets shot in the shoulder. Larson and Bolivar then return to El Toro's, getting an army to infiltrate the inauguration ball and murder the president.
When they arrive, Ruiz reminds Larson to kill Masovich. Masovich then spots Larson and attempts to kill him, but Bolivar distracts him. Juan, disguised as a waiter, reminds him of El Toro's orders.
After they dance, Bolivar and Masovich fight upstairs, while Larson forces the president to confess his plan to kill Masovich. The president finds out Larson has recorded him but, being depressed and hating his life, promptly kills himself. Meanwhile, the fight between Bolivar and Masovich reaches the president's office and ends with Masovich getting shot and killed by Ruiz.
Larson and Bolivar then get arrested by General Ruiz, but are sent back to El Toro's, and Juan apologizes to Larson for not believing him. Bolivar is hired for the revolution by El Toro, and El Toro takes Larson alone, preparing to kill him (as he knows too much). Cobb and Cleveland interrupt him, as they are asked to take him home.
Larson is happy to go, but worried about Bolivar. At the airport, Larson escapes to try to save Bolivar, who is being held by El Toro for information about Masovich's drug empire. Juan is shocked to know that El Toro wants to continue the drug trade for his own profits.
Just as Juan is about to kill her, Larson appears, armed. Larson convinces Juan to take his side, they fight El Toro and attempt to free Bolivar. However, they are defeated, and El Toro takes Bolivar in his helicopter.
Juan convinces Larson not to give up, and so he follows them onto it. After a brief struggle, Larson finally kills El Toro, who remarks that he always knew Larson was the Ghost. Larson and Bolivar then jump out of the helicopter and land in the water.
Then, cornered by General Ruiz (who plans to take over the country), they are about to be killed by him, but then he's shot by Amos (the real Ghost), who disappears. Six months later, Juan is the president of Venezuela, with Bolivar watching. Cobb and Cleveland, who are also watching, remark that he will be hard to control and that they hate the Ghost.
Larson has become a bestselling author, having released his new book, which includes some of his Venezuela adventures. At a TV interview with Katie Couric, she asks him whether the book was real, and Larson denies it, saying it is a work of fiction..