#4

Rating: 5/10 (14 December 2015)

Mike goes back to Vietnam to find Nick because before they both left for the war they promised each other to never leave one another behind. Mike stayed true to this promise when he came back to the U.S. and Nick was still in Vietnam. When Mike came home his life wasn't the same. He couldn't go back to work without Nick. He tried to go hunting but he didn't get anything, he was very close to a deer he would normally not miss, but earlier in the movie he told Nick how Nick was the only one he could go hunting with, not any of the other guys. Another reason I think Mike went back to Vietnam is because, he liked Linda. Nick proposed to Linda during Steve's wedding and Mike isn't one to try to sleep with his best friend's fiancé. Therefore, he went back to Vietnam because Linda hadn't heard from Nick and I think Mike would only feel OK going after Linda if they knew that Nick was either dead or never coming home. One of the last scenes Mike is forced to play Russian Roulette against Nick, where he tries to convince Nick not to play but Nick goes on anyway and ends up killing himself.