the french guy

Rating: 7/10 (8 December 2014)

The french guy is in the movie to symbolize how, before Saigon fell, the French were telling America how they should enter the war and fight against Communism. After Saigon fell and the French realized that they couldn't win the war, they pulled out of Vietnam, pretended as if they had never entered Vietnam in the first place, and patronized America for committing atrocities there. This is why the first time the audience meets the Frenchman he is inviting and sly, but the second time we meet him- when Mike goes back for Nick- he pretends he can't speak English and says that he wants nothing to do with the Russian Roulette den.