Why Micle

Rating: Null/10 (3 January 2008)

After severing for a year in Vietnam, Michael goes back home to Pennsylvania. When Michael comes back home, his friends are anticipating his arrival and throw a big surprise party for him, however when he sees all of his friends in his old house he avoids them and stays the night at a hotel. He doesn't want to be celebrated or honored, when his friends are still in Vietnam or permanently injured. Latter on he goes back to his friends one on one and greets them, showing that he does really care about them. Some time goes by but Michael doesn't have anyone to relate with, his friends have changed- but he has been changed even more by his experiences. He goes to visit Steve in the hospital, only to find that he is severely injured and paralyzed for life. Then Steve shows Mike all the things that Nick has sent him, and it is then that he realizes that Nick is still in a lot of trouble. Mike make an impossible trip back to Vietnam, to try and rescue his friend, Nick. Mike finds Nick, totally drugged up and out of it; in fact Nick doesn't even recognize his old friend Mike. As he sits down to play his final game of Russian Rolette, Mike tries to win back his friends trust and memory, and for a moment when Mike says "one shot" Nick seems to come back into it, but the drugs take over and he kills himself playing the game that he so despised. Mike is devastated, the sole reason that he went back was to rescue his friend and have someone to relate too. Sad, Mike returns to his hometown, but there he realizes what great friends and family he has and he bonds with them again.