Mr. Craven's Assigment

Rating: 8/10 (2 June 2011)

Q #4 why did Mike go back to Vietnam? After the the chaotic escape from the hellish Russian Roulette game, the three protagonists are forced into a disease laden river, hoping to find a shred of hope. A helicopter finds them and only takes Nick, leaving Steve and Mike in the river. Steve and Mike are successfully transported to the US, while Nick is psychologically traumatized in a Saigon medical facility. While Mike is adjusting to life back home, Nick is pulled into a drugged up, nightmarish life as an "item" to be wagered on, in the underground Russian Roulette scene. Mike feels the need to go back to Vietnam to find Nick and bring him home, whether he is dead or alive. Mike's existence in this movie is very much of a fatherly role. He feels responsible for Nick's life. After Mike's failure to bring Nick back to his old life, both mentally and physically, (his death), Mike feels as if it is his fault.