Craven's Film Studies-#4

Rating: Null/10 (13 December 2005)

The answer to this question begins the night of Stevie's wedding, only two nights before the three men, Mike, Nick and Stevie, leave for Vietnam. Mike and Nick are sitting outside together, talking about their future and what it will bring them. Nick asks Mike to make him a promise- a promise that Mike will not leave him in Vietnam, whether he is dead or alive. Nick explains that he loves Pennsylvania so much, and that he wants more than anything to return back to his home. Mike makes the promise to bring Nick back home, no matter what.
Much later in the film, we see that Nick and Mike are both in Saigon. The men are in the same building, but Mike doesn't realize this, so he leaves. Nick, however, sees Mike, and attempts to grab his attention, but doesn't have any success. Mike leaves the city, and soon after leaves Vietnam without his friend.
When Mike arrives back in Pennsylvania, he is devastated and upset with himself for not bringing Nick back, as he had promised. He can't face his other friends, and he also doesn't even know if Nick is alive. Shortly after, Mike realizes that Nick is still alive, so he goes back to Saigon to find him. I think that he went back because he really loved Nick. He wanted for him to be safe at home, and he also was determined to keep his promise.