film studies review

Rating: 7/10 (10 May 2010)

I think that Russian Roulette is used as a symbol of chance in this film. The guys knew from the start that most likely they were not all going to make it back and the game is a game of chance except in the end almost everyone dies..which is every realistic because so many lives were actually taken. So i think the director was trying to show how horrible it really was over there and how much the soldiers were put through..but also that almost 50% of the men that left never came home. I agree with the fact that he used the game to represent the war..it was chance you go and return or you go and die just like pulling the trigger you either live or die.
Mike was the leader he was the most physically and mentally strong one of the three men. Steevy was kinda shaky..he acted strong in the beginning but obviously you could tell when they were captured how weak he really was mentally. Nick you could tell was mentally weak but you had to read between the lines to get it because he never showed himself having much weakness.
Nick made a deal that he would stay and play Russian Roulette as long as he could make lots of money..which he latter sent to Steevy who had been brought back home.
Before the men left for war Nick told Mike that he loved where the lived and he loved the mill that they worked at and he made Mike promise that he would bring him back there dead or alive..he didn't want to be left over there no matter what.