Allen Griffin (played by Daniel Bernhardt) is a protagonist in True Vengeance.
U.S. Navy SEAL who left the military and once worked as a Yakuza enforcer. Now a single father raising his daughter Emily under an assumed name. After his daughter is kidnapped by the Yakuza with a 24-hour oxygen timer, he is forced to carry out an assassination contract. He kills the Yakuza overseer Oska and becomes the target of his former partner, The Specialist, while trying to protect his family. The Specialist (played by Miles O'Keeffe) is a protagonist in True Vengeance.
A contract killer hired by the Yakuza boss to eliminate Allen Griffin. He is secretly Griffin's former Navy SEAL partner from the failed 1985 Colombia mission. Driven by vengeance and possibly guilt over his wife's death during that mission, he relentlessly pursues Griffin throughout the film. Scott Denton (played by Peter Diamond) appears in True Vengeance.
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Characters
Allen Griffin
(played by Daniel Bernhardt) — protagonist
U.S. Navy SEAL who left the military and once worked as a Yakuza enforcer. Now a single father raising his daughter Emily under an assumed name. After his daughter is kidnapped by the Yakuza with a 24...
The Specialist
(played by Miles O'Keeffe) — protagonist
A contract killer hired by the Yakuza boss to eliminate Allen Griffin. He is secretly Griffin's former Navy SEAL partner from the failed 1985 Colombia mission. Driven by vengeance and possibly guilt o...
Scott Denton
(played by Peter Diamond) — minor
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Allen Griffin → The Specialist
(Professional Former Partners)
The Specialist is revealed to be Griffin's former Navy SEAL partner from the failed 1985 Colombia mission.
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Allen Griffin → Scott Denton
(Conflict Assassination Target)
Griffin is forced to assassinate Scott Denton, the CEO of Virtual Memory Technology.
Story Analysis
A former Navy SEAL is forced back into violence while an unresolved Colombian mission brings his former partner back as a vengeful contract killer.