Another Day to Kill

Another Day to Kill is a 2006 American independent action thriller film written, executive produced and directed by Dewayne Brooks in his feature-length directorial debut, and produced by Adrian Barrera and his production company Ratman Productions in association with Brooks' own company Two Rats Pictures. The film follows Denzel Stafford (Terrance McPherson), a legendary hitman who is forced out of retirement to seek revenge against the men who killed his puppy, a final gift from his recently deceased wife.

Another Day to Kill premiered in Los Angeles on July 20, 2006 and was released theatrically by on August 1, to generally positive reviews from critics and action movie fans, and grossing $70 million against a $12.6 million budget in the box office, which helped launch Brooks' film career. Despite its commercial success, Brooks chose not to produce any sequels of the film.

Plot
In, Denzel Stafford is grieving the death of his wife Julie, who had arranged for Stafford to receive a beagle puppy to help him cope with her loss. A few days later, a group of Argentine gangsters led by Enrique Torres accosts Stafford at a gas station and fail to intimidate him into selling them his 1967 Ford Mustang. That night, the men break into Stafford's home, assault him, kill the puppy, and steal the car. Enrique takes the Mustang to a chop shop to remove its identifying details but the shop owner Tayshawn recognizes the vehicle and refuses service. Tayshawn informs Stafford that Enrique is the son of Martín Torres, the boss of Miami's.

Learning of his son's actions, Torres beats and berates Enrique for incurring Stafford's wrath. Torres reveals Stafford was once a hitman in his employ, and was renowned and feared in the criminal underworld as the "La Pericana," a ruthless, relentless "man of focus, commitment, and sheer will". After Stafford fell in love with Julie, a civilian, Torres gave him a seemingly impossible task to earn his freedom.

Stafford recovers a concealed stash from his former career that includes weapons and gold coins. He refuses Torres' attempt to make amends for his son's actions and kills the hit squad subsequently sent to his home. As a result, Torres puts a $2 million bounty on Stafford's head and his former mentor Marco is enlisted to kill Stafford. Stafford lodges at the Continental, a luxurious hotel that serves as neutral ground for the underworld and where conducting criminal "business" is forbidden. The hotel's owner and Stafford's old friend Logan warns Stafford about the dangers of returning to his old life but also secretly informs Stafford that Enrique is at a nightclub called Blue Circle. Stafford infiltrates Blue Circle and confronts Enrique but he is attacked by Torres' henchman Víctor and is forced to retreat to the Continental for medical attention.

As Stafford rests, a hitwoman named Madison Woods sneaks into his room. Marco sees Woods from an adjacent building and fires a warning shot to alert Stafford, who wakes up and subdues Woods. Woods reveals Torres has doubled the bounty for her to kill Stafford in the hotel. She also discloses Torres has concealed a high-value stash in a church. Stafford hires another hitman named Jim to secure Woods but she escapes and kills Jim.

At the church, Stafford destroys Torres' cache of cash and extensive blackmail material. When Torres arrives to assess the damage, Staffordassaults him and his men but is hit by Víctor's car and captured. Stafford tells Torres he will not stop until Enrique is dead because the puppy gave him hope and a chance to not be alone in his grief for Julie. Marco again intervenes to save Stafford, allowing him to kill Víctor and threaten Torres into revealing his son's location in a safehouse. Stafford assaults the safehouse and kills Enrique. Marco encourages Stafford to return to his everyday life but Woods witnesses their meeting and reveals Marco's duplicity to Torres. Torres has Marco tortured and killed then calls Stafford to taunt him with the details, drawing him back to the city.

Woods is executed at Logan's behest for breaking the Continental's rules, and Logan informs Stafford that Torres is preparing to leave the city by helicopter. Stafford races to, where he fights and mortally wounds Torres. Resigned to dying from his injuries, Stafford watches on his phone a video of Julie telling him they need to go home. He breaks into a nearby animal clinic, treats his wounds, and adopts a pit bull puppy scheduled to be euthanized before beginning to walk home.

Cast

 * Terrance McPherson as Denzel Stafford, a retired hitman who is legendary in the criminal underworld.
 * as Martín Torres, a vicious Argentine crime boss and Stafford's former employer.
 * as Enrique Torres, Torres' reckless and arrogant son.
 * Clarissa Biggins as Madison Woods, a ruthless and highly skilled hitwoman.
 * Jeanine Tyson as Julie Stafford, Wick's beloved and devoted wife.
 * Tamarius Roach as Tayshawn, a mechanic who owns a high-end chop shop
 * Matt Hislope as Logan, the enigmatic owner of the Continental.
 * as Marco, a skilled sniper and Wick's old friend
 * Leopoldo Baumann as Víctor, a former Argentine military commander turned Torres' henchman
 * Paul James Winston as Jim, a hitman.