Cravenator

Rating: 8/10 (11 December 2012)

#4) Mike goes back to Vietnam to find Nick because of a promise he had made to the latter earlier in the film. Nick, who enjoyed the small town aspect of Clairton, has a pretty good thing going back in the states, and begs Mike not to leave him "over there" should anything happen. Mike, who is overcome with grief and guilt due to the events that occurred overseas, feels as though he owes his friend a rescue attempt. Obviously the battlegrounds of the Vietnam War are not a very welcoming place, so this was not a light decision. Mike, who was convinced by Nick earlier in the film to lend Stanley his boots, shows character development by making the choice to return for Nick; it indicates that he now cares enough about his friends to risk his own life.