Russian Roulette

Rating: Null/10 (13 December 2013)

The Russian Roulette game Mike and Nick played through out the movie was symbolism for the war itself. It was dangerous to go off and fight in the war as is, but for the soldiers, it was a lose-lose situation. If you went and got killed, well, you were dead, gone, over. If you returned home, you were judged for going off to war in the first place since the war wasn't appreciated by the majority of Americans. And if you did come back, people viewed it as you not trying hard enough. Lose-lose. Just like the game Russian Roulette. It's dangerous to play in the beginning, but the more you play, the more likely it is that one of the times you pull the trigger, you'll lose. I completely agree with the parallels between the game and the war. It was a very subtle way to tell people that Vietnam veterans had to go through a lot in the war, just to come back and be criticized.