Under cover
How was John Travolta undercover?
shareHe was undercover setting up a sting for a drug seller (the person at the beginning of the movie who came to his houseboat and tried to kill him.) He then dived into the water, they struggled and Travolta used a motorboat engine to kill him. That's also how he starts off a rocky relationship with the local authorities, the sheriff.
shareActually the civilian was a terrorist or "freedom fighter" as mentioned. Travolta's character was under cover to catch and arrest the soldiers in the armory where the civilian trying to illegally purchase weapons.
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