![]() ![]() ![]() It is never explicitly revealed why he has these scars, which is part of what adds to his tragic backstory. There is a deep gash in his left eyebrow and numerous welts on his knuckles. He is also covered in scars from unknown causes. However, when he accepts a job from his old friend Paul Rayburn, he gets a chance at redemption. Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance special forces officer), John Creasy is burned out and pretty much dead on the inside and is a hard drinking alcoholic to numb the painful memories of all the people he killed in his lifetime. The film also introduced the aspect that Creasy should be struggling with his faith and be very religious, despite his brutal methods of torture and murder as suggested by Denzel Washington. In the film, Creasy also gets shot about five times, and dies of his injuries at the end of the film, although he gives his life to save Pita's.Īlthough he did not like the more artistic tone of the 1987 adaptation, Quinnell gave the 2004 film a favorable review.Īfter years of dirty work as a Marine and later an assassin for the CIA (revealed in his resume to be ex-CIA(SAD/SOG) Paramilitary operations officer and former U.S. The film was also relocated to Mexico, as Central America is the site of most political kidnappings today. The film renamed Pinta to "Lupita" because Pinta translates to "whore" in Mexican slang. Used much of the book's dialogue and didn't describe Creasy's life as much, only clueing the audience into the fact that he killed a lot of people and is traumatized for that. The 2004 filmĬreasy in the 1987 film, as portrayed by Scott Glenn. The 2004 film is much darker and more serious than the 1987 film, closer to the tone of the original novel. Creasy then faked his death and then reunited with her. In the film, "Sam", his charge, was kidnapped and wounded by the mafia, but she survived. Creasy of the 1987 version was unkempt and looked a little like John Lennon, and he carried a Beretta pistol. In the 1987 film adaptation, which also took place in Italy, Creasy was renamed to John for the film, where he was portrayed by Scott Glenn and said to have been with the CIA for routine assignments in Saigon, Vietnam and Beiruit, Lebanon. And in the novel, "Pinta", the girl he was to keep safe, was raped and murdered by the mafia, and Creasy finished his rampage by killing the don of the mafia, where he lives in Gozo for the rest of his life. He imagined that Creasy would look like actor Robert Mitchum. He served in the French Foreign Legion before becoming Pinta's bodyguard. Quinnell based Creasy on several people he knew from Africa and Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s. In the novel, Creasy originates from the U.S. "Marcus Creasy" of the novel originally went on a rampage in Italy, as revenge against the mafia. He wrote under a pseundonym because he didn't want the mafia to target him. He was created by English author Philip Nicholson, writing as A. ![]()
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