the real coast guard finds the boat full of the murdered cubans off the coast of florida. the fbi and the miami police department arrive at the docks to investigate the murders. the communist guerrillas land in florida and exchange the drugs for weaponry from a drug dealer. they are led by soviet operative mikhail rostov (richard lynch), the fake coast guard captain who opened fire on the cuban refugees. former cia agent matt hunter (norris) is asked to come out of retirement, but he declines. when rostov and a team of guerillas destroy hunter's residence in the everglades and kill his friend, john eagle (berti) in a failed assassination attempt, hunter is convinced to reconsider.