portman tried to kill rachel in the bodyguard.
portman tried to kill rachel in the bodyguard.
who tried to kill rachel in the bodyguard?
portman
frank's concerns are quickly validated when rachel looks upon him as being paranoid and his extensive protection techniques as intrusive. moreover, her existing bodyguard tony (mike starr) resents frank's presence, leading to a fight between the two in rachel's kitchen. however, frank and rachel grow closer when he rescues her from danger after a riot erupts at one of her concerts. though frank tries to remain professional, he and rachel sleep together; he breaks off the affair the next day, realizing it compromises his ability to protect her. hurt, rachel begins to defy frank's painstaking security measures, even going as far as attempting to sleep with his former secret service colleague greg portman (tomas arana), whom she meets at a miami party. once her stalker places a threatening phone call to her, however, rachel finally recognizes the seriousness of the situation and her need to trust frank completely, and cancels the rest of her tour. frank, rachel, her son fletcher (devaughn nixon), her sister nicki (michele lamar richards), and her driver henry (christopher birt) then travel to a large lakefront cabin in the mountains, the home of frank’s father herb (ralph waite).
the bodyguard (1992 film)
the next day, fletcher is almost killed when a bomb explodes inside a boat he rode in on the lake moments before. finding footprints around the cabin and sabotaged automobiles, frank realizes that rachel's stalker has followed them there, but after securing the house for the night, he learns that rachel's obsessive stalker and the person trying to kill her are not the same. angry and drunk, nicki admits to frank that she hired a hitman to kill rachel during a drug-induced fit of jealousy, but that the letters from the stalker came before that. however, she cannot call the hit off because she does not know the killer's identity. abruptly, the hitman breaks into the house and fatally shoots nicki. frank, armed with a semi-automatic pistol, ensures that his father has secured the rest of the group on the second floor, then tracks the killer and pursues him into the woods. he shoots at the assailant but misses, allowing the latter to escape. the next day, frank learns from his secret service contacts that they have apprehended the stalker, and were interviewing him when nicki was shot.
the bodyguard (1992 film)