While Mac takes samples in a river, recluse Vietnam veteran Daniel Royce 'Earthquake' Toberman's usual lethargy turns into rage when his faithful canine companion dies on the spot after drinking from the water being polluted with pink poisonous waste liquid from a tank truck as he watches. Only a bullet in his leg steps him from strangling both workmen, who escape back to dodgy lawyer Martin Farber's 'waste disposal' company, which Phoenix already duly suspects fraudulent. Toberman initially refuses to testify, then reconsiders, but is discredited in court by his unfortunate war past and even staged for the murder Faber commits on a henchman.
—KGF Vissers