Marc Anthony

In a restaurant run by two Italian immigrants, the tables sit empty despite the extraordinary talents of Primo the chef, and the ambitious efforts of his brother Secondo. But a chance to invite local celebrities promises not only to turn their business around but to change their lives.

"Hard-drinking, burnt-out CIA operative John Creasy (Washington) has given up on life -- until his friend Rayburn ... gets him a job as bodyguard to nine-year-old Pita Ramos ... Bit by bit, Creasy begins to reclaim his soul, but when Pita is kidnapped, Creasy's fiery rage is released and he will stop at nothing to save her"--Container.

The substitute: A mercenary goes undercover as a teacher in a high school to root out a band of teenage ruffians. The substitute 3: A mercenary goes undercover to battle a university football team which is participating in an underworld of drugs and blackmail.