Merchant of Death 1997 When he was 6 years old 23 years ago, Portland, Oregon police detective Jim Randall witnessed the murders of his parents and his sister Now, Randall is trying to crack a drug ring led by Panella, whose hit men Velazquez and Birch killed Randalls family 23 years ago After Randalls interruption of another cops stakeout, Randalls boss Sam Washburn orders him to undergo departmental psychiatric therapy But Randalls visits with Dr Maggie Weathers leads to Randalls memories flooding out to confront him Randall learns that Washburn was mixed up in a scheme to buy the Randall family farm, and after Washburns death, Washburns widow hands Randall a file The trail leads to the Hyperion Export Corporation, owned by Canning, the towns former mayor Randall sets out to avenge his familys murders, knowing exactly who to go after Randall starts by going after Velazquez and Birch, who didnt tell Washburn about their orders from Panella to kill the Randalls because the Randalls didnt want to sell their farm