License to Kill

A football player from the Midwest must turn into a brutal enforcer for his team to cover his wife's hospital costs. As he succeeds in this dangerous work, he becomes trapped in a nightmare of shame and terror that he's losing who he really is. In the end, the stress from his job and his wife's death destroys him.

A young football player in a Midwestern city is forced to become a ruthless, violent enforcer for his team in order to pay for his wife's medical bills. His successful career casts him into a hell of guilt and fear that he will lose his own identity. Ultimately he is crushed by the pressure of his work and the loss of his wife.

Billy (Chappie) Chapman, a six-foot, 260-pound defensive end, is cut from the football squad because he lacks the "killer" instinct. But when his wife is seriously injured in an auto accident and the medical bills start piling up, Chappie asks the coach for another chance. Only, the coach says, if he renames himself "The Chopper" and goes on the field ready to "chop down" and "kill" the quarterback. Unfortunately, Chappie takes his coach—and screaming fans—literally.