question 4, Mike's return for Nick.

Rating: 7/10 (22 May 2007)

Though this movie is filled with plenty of compelling moments, Mike's determination to bring Nick home, as he had promised him following De Niro's epic streaking scene, is perhaps the most compelling of all. Howver, Mike doesn't really seem to have a choice. His ability to assimilate back into normal society seems to be dependent on his bringing Nick home- dead or alive. This is most evident when Mike first returns without Nick and attempts to go hunting. Though one could argue he doesn't slay the animal due to a new respect for life after seeing so much death, one could just as easily attribute this lack of will to kill the deer as being Mike's inability to continue his life knowing Nick should be back home with him.