Why does Mike go back to Vietnam to find Nike?

Rating: Null/10 (30 May 2007)

At the end of the film Mike goes home to see his friends, while Nike is still in Vietnam. Mike on his way home feels terrible that he does not have his best friend Nike with him. Mike feels so awful that he decides to skip out on his coming home party so his friends are not disappointed. Finally, when everyone leaves his house Mike decides to go inside. Inside he finds Nike's fiancé, Linda, waiting, She is pleased to see Mike however, she was hoping that Nick was with him. When Mike sees the disappointment on Linda's face that Nick is not by his side, Mike knows for the sake of Linda's happiness and for his love for her and his friend that he has to go try to find Nick. Mike even promised Nick, during a hunting trip, that he would never leave him alone at war. Also, Mike knows that there can be nothing worse then to live in Vietnam. Therefore, Mike goes back to Vietnam to find his best friend. In Vietnam, Mike has a hard time locating Nike. Mike has to pay a guy a lot of money so that he will tell him where he could find his friend. Mike knows that he cannot go home until he finds out if Nick is still alive. Also, Mike knows he will not be satisfied until he sees Nick's body. When Mike finally realizes where Nick is he gets worried. Mike starts to remember how things were when the two of them were in captive. He continues to think about the old times and how he needs to save Nick or otherwise he will be miserable. When Mike finds Nick in the crowd of people he realizes that Nick is brain washed. He figures the only way to get Nick home is to play Russian Roulette with him and to bring him back in time. Mike wanted to see if he could get back into Nike's head. However, it was to late, Nick had been through to much and during Russian Roulette Nick killed himself. Mike was bawling at this point and couldn't believe he was so close, but yet so far from saving his best friend. Mike was glad he went back to try to save Nick because otherwise he would have regretted not trying. Now, Mike had no idea how he was going to live without Nick and how he was going to tell Linda this horrible news. Mike overall cared a lot about Nike and wanted to be a good role model for him.