Mr. Craven's film studies assignment question #4

Rating: 6/10 (8 January 2007)

Mike goes back to Viet Nam to find Nikky because on one of the nights before they left for the war Nikky, (although he was semi drunk at the time)confessed to Mike that he loved the town that they lived in and he love hunting and he loved the steel mill. He said that it was crazy, but that was the way that he felt.
When Mike and Nikky got separated after they escaped from the VC prison camp, Nikky is left in Viet Nam. The only thing that anyone hears from him is that he is sending money to the injured Stevie. Mike remembers his promise to Nikky friend and re-enlists to go back and find him. When Mike gets to Viet Nam, he looks every where for Nikky and finally through an old french gambler finds him playing Russian roulette. By this time Nikky has been doing drugs and has lost the will to live. He dies in a game of roulette. And though he tries everything he can, Mike can't bring his friend home alive.