Russian Roulette

Rating: 6/10 (9 May 2010)

The elements of Russian Roulette within the film shows the lack of power the characters, especially Nick, feels for his life after Vietnam. They need the risk, the possibility that their life could end for a simple game. Nick thrived on that concept. If their lives could be worth that little, and could be thrown away so easily, it was in their own power that they controlled what went on around them. To the point of life versus death. The game taunts the horrors that the men went through while in POW camps. Because they were forced to play by the prison guards, and risk their lives for the amusement of a bet, to them, their lives became a little less meaningful. If these men, who only wanted their death for amusement, could have that much power with so little thought, then why couldn't the men do that themselves? For they would rather have at least a little control and take the risk on their own, play the game for their amusement, and wash their own lives down the drain.