Rescue Dawn (2006) - full transcript

Attention.

At ease, gentlemen.
Be seated, please.

As you've all probably noticed,
we're currently headed north.

Tomorrow morning at
0500 hours, we will

be taking a position
at Yankee Station.

That means we're back in business.

We'll be flying sorties over North

Vietnam to take out
enemy supply lines,

which means we have to
cross over into Laos.

This mission is classified.

No cards and letters
to sweethearts.



No phone calls to
family back home.

- Is that understood?
- Yes, sir.

No one can know.

No one except Charlie
when we kick his ass.

For survival in the
jungle environment,

the smart soldier
must understand that

nature is not a force against him.

He has to make nature work for him

by utilising the ample natural
provisions at his disposal.

Is this a double feature?

For God's sake, just lean your
head back and open your mouth.

What is this?

Hell, the boys back home don't
know anything about the jungle.

In the jungle, your best
friend is your knife.



Oh, look at... Now
he's getting serious.

Cut the leaf, man. Here it
goes. Come on, baby, cut. Cut.

Where is the salt and pepper
shaker for that leaf?

Chew it, boy. Chew it.

Leaf good. Me like leaf.

Maintain a constant
state of readiness...

What did he do, sit in
an anthill? Look at him.

And then, when the rescue
helicopter appears, make sure...

Honestly, it's right
above your head.

Jeez. Shake it, Pops.

He's got a nice ass for a
sailor, I'll tell you that.

I don't mean that in a weird way.

God bless America.

Are you a smart soldier?

I mean, I just thought
we'd be assisting

some South Vietnamese generals

against a few
infiltrators. Whole thing

would be done in
three, four weeks.

You picked the wrong time

- to enlist, Dengler.
- I know.

No, but I just wanted
to fly so badly,

and everybody, they
were telling me all

about the fantastic
massage parlours

and the go-go girls,
everything, and...

And what did I get?
Goddamn one night?

One night in Saigon. That's me.

Yeah, and that didn't go so well.

Gentlemen, next please.

Okay.

Hey, are there any mosquito nets?

What you see is what you get.

- Okay. Okay. I see plastic.
- Yes, sir.

I see plastic there
and how about...

Are you able to give me two
slices of that plastic, please?

Sir?

And maybe six foot by three foot,

you put a zipper in the
middle, and I crawl inside...

What you're describing is a
sauna, not a mosquito net.

Not a mosquito net, but
it holds off the bugs.

And you put some
netting on it so I

can breathe through at night time.

- You got it, sir.
- Yes?

- Absolutely, sir.
- Okay.

Now, look here. Look at this.
I have my boot on your table.

Why do I have my
boot on your table?

I don't know, sir.

Okay, this is why. Look at this.

Can you create a flap for
me in the tongue here

so I could hide my
American passport

inside of here should I need it?

You know what, sir?
Since you're my only

customer today, it
would be my pleasure.

Thank you.

So, Charlie got his shit together.

Now we have heavy anti-aircraft
fire around Mugia Pass.

Change direction and
altitude every seven seconds

so the radar of the enemy
gun cannot lock onto you.

Your secondary target will be
the intersection of 121 and 90.

That's the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

That's right, Spook, inside Laos.

Now, one more thing.

They've been using your radios to
lure our rescue teams into ambush.

Now, don't get me wrong. You
go down, you use that radio.

But if they're hot on
your trail, you scrap it.

You scrap anything that
they can use against you.

Now, this is Flight Lieutenant
Dengler's first mission.

Yes, sir.

You're going to be
Spook's wingman.

You think you can handle that?

I could not ask for a better
man, sir. But, please,

- could I ask you a question, sir?
- Go ahead.

You know, Spook is such
a goddamn daredevil,

could you please
order him not to try

too hard to die for his country,

but rather to let
the son-of-a-bitch

on the other side die
for his instead?

Okay. All right, boys.

- You all set?
- Yes, sir.

Anything else?

- No, sir.
- Okay. Let's go, go, go.

Radar Kilo, 6195, position four.

Radar Yankee, 67279, position two.

- Heads against the wall. Come on.
- Come on, Diet.

Come here. This is what
we would do as kids

when we were out for mischief.
It would keep us out of trouble.

But we would usually
pee right now.

- Can we pee?
- I don't really have to.

I'm not going to.

But this will keep us
safe. Okay, fellas?

Stay out of trouble. Come
back in one piece. Good luck.

- Come back, boys.
- You, too.

Boys, get set to change the
altitude again. On my mark.

- Now.
- Roger.

Gentlemen, do you notice
the coastline down there?

Welcome to North Vietnam.

It's pretty boring.

Boys, we got too much cloud cover.

Climbing again 280 west.
We're heading into Laos.

Target in sight.

Lessard, roll in.

Rolling.

Farkas, roll in.

Rolling.

Dengler, roll in.

Rolling in.

I'm hit. I'm hit.

Dieter, you're losing
altitude. Pull it up.

Dieter, pull up.

Dengler, get out of there.

Dieter, bail out.

Dieter, bail out.

I'm not going to bail out.

I'm not going to bail out.

Oh, come on.

Come on.

Come on, search planes.

Where are you? Where
have you gone?

Come on.

God, how can it get this hot?

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Hey. Hey. I need to
go to the bathroom.

I need...

I need to go to the bathroom.

Yeah. I need to take a shit.

Hey. Hey.

I need to take a shit.

Oh, shit.

Hey. Hey.

Does nobody listen to me?

Why doesn't anybody
listen around here?

Why don't you listen to me?

I said I needed the bathroom
and now I've shit myself.

Why doesn't anybody
listen around here?

I've shit my pants.

They can't hear us. They can't
see us through the treetops.

It's not my fault. I
didn't signal them.

Don't ever, ever do that again.

You better just shoot
me right away.

Don't you ever do that again.

(SHOUTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

This is unusual.

You American pilots normally
attack us earlier in the day. Sit.

(SPEAKS GERMAN)

No English.

German.

Why don't you admit that
you are an American?

Yes.

I am an American citizen,

and I love my country.

But why are you in
this war against us?

I never wanted to go to war.
I never wanted to go to...

I saw enough as a child.
I only wanted to fly.

Then you should sign this.

"Condemning the
imperialistic aggression

"of the corrupt and
debased political

establishment of the
United States..."

What else would you call it?

"Against innocent children and the
peace loving working classes."

No, I cannot sign this.
I cannot sign it.

If you sign this, we
would be your friends.

You could be released
in two weeks if...

I cannot sign this.

- It's against my...
- Your what?

I mean, what is in here?

What isn't here?

I love America. America
gave me wings.

I will not sign it,
absolutely not.

No way.

Your choice.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

The quick have their sleepwalkers,

and so do the dead.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Hey.

- Hey. Hey.
- Hey, there. Who's that? Hello.

Hey, you American?

- What?
- He's American.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, I'm American.

My name is Dieter.
I'm a US Navy pilot.

And originally I was
born in Germany...

- Be quiet.
- But I am a US citizen now.

- Quiet.
- What?

- Who's that?
- Quiet.

Why? I'm whispering.

- Little Hitler's coming.
- Who?

- Little Hitler.
- Who's that?

Who's Little Hitler?

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Okay.

Now, what the hell is
this? The Middle Ages?

Hey, listen. Don't mess with
these guys. You'll regret it.

Hi. Dieter Dengler.

All right, let's go. Give it over.

Who won the World Series?

- The World Series?
- Yeah.

I don't know...

Hey, man, the guy
don't like baseball?

You don't like baseball?

No, I don't know. I
don't follow baseball.

I'm Yik Chiu Tuo.

- Yik Chiu Tuo?
- They call me Y.C.

- Okay, Y.C.
- Y.C.

Hi, I'm Dieter Dengler.

- Dieter Dengler.
- Yeah.

We all flew together
for Air America.

Yeah, I'm world champion
of bad luck. But

I tell you something,
I'm undefeatable.

Hi. Phisit.

- Phisit.
- My name is Phisit.

- Dieter. Dieter.
- Yeah.

Procet Kam Phong Kit.

- What?
- Procet.

- Okay.
- Procet.

What was that?

- Procet.
- It's okay.

Okay.

That was actually
Procet... Got that?

Right.

- But you need to call him Procet.
- Okay, Procet.

That's what we call him.

He's also Air America.

Also got shot down
flying supplies...

Okay, okay.

To royalist villages,

- just like the rest of us.
- And when was that?

Two... No, two and a
half year ago now.

- Two and a half years ago?
- Oh, yeah.

I had no idea that we
were here for that long.

Yeah, been here a lot
longer than people know.

Duane Martin.

Duane Martin. I'm Dieter Dengler.

United States Air
Force. I was shot

down about a year and a half ago.

- Okay.
- And when this war starts,

we'll be here a lot longer
than we already have.

Well, you see...

How many more times you think
I'm going to have to say,

like I been saying and saying
and saying and saying again,

that we will never go
to war in Vietnam, man?

- No, they just...
- They, no...

Because any day now...
Listen. They will what?

- Yeah, Christmas come every day.
- They...

They will release us, man.

They will let us go any day now.

- No, you see...
- Gene, by the way.

- Gene.
- But listen.

It's... The trick to it
is it's actually Eugene.

- Okay, Eugene.
- Eugene DeBruin from

- Eugene, Oregon.
- Okay.

- How do you like that?
- Yeah.

See how that works
out? Name, name...

Jesus Christ, not this
Oregon shit, again.

I've heard this over
2,000 goddamn times.

Eugene from Eugene.

Oh, yeah, right.
Eugene from Eugene.

You know what? You
know what? Listen.

Yeah.

What you really need to know
is you see this man here?

Take a good look at him. He, he...

Listen now, he shits in his pants
every night without fail, man.

Trust me.

And you know the
only thing that he

thinks is worth complaining about?

You know what that is?

- This man right here.
- Right.

- Eugene from Eugene.
- From Eugene.

Okay.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Dieter.

Take a careful look to your
right. You see that guy there?

We call him Little Hitler
for a very good reason.

He is the worst.

This one we call Jumbo.

Oh, wow.

That's the first smile I've
seen since I was shot down.

Yeah. He's, in fact, one of the
only truly nice guys here.

This is Nook the Rook right here.

He's also very much
not a nice guy.

- What is his problem?
- It's all right. Just keep going.

His problem is he's Crazy Horse.
That's what we call him.

And he is a bastard. Keep going.
And I just cannot stand him.

- That's Walkie Talkie.
- Walkie Talkie?

We call him that because he
does not speak. Never, never.

Hey, do yourself a favour, Kraut.

Keep your head down
and your mouth shut.

That's your best
chance of surviving.

So there is a war.

There is a war.

All right. So tell me about
the peace talks, man. Geneva?

There's got to be
peace talks, man.

Shut up, Gene. There is
no goddamn conference.

When are you going to get
that through your skull?

Secret talks, man. I'm just
talking about secret talks.

Forget it.

We're not getting out.

No, no, no, there was a
honcho on the outside,

he said I would not
be here too long.

They tell that to everyone
to get them to sign.

No, I did not sign. No.

Anyway, nice having met you.

What do you mean, met?

Well, my friends, you can
rot in here if you like,

but I'm going to scram
this very night.

This hut, it ain't no prison.

Scram. I like that. I like that.

Listen, listen, my friend,
you cannot escape.

If you try to escape, you'll
screw up our release.

Look, I don't give a
shit about our release

or whatever you think
is going to happen.

But without water,
you won't survive

more than two days out there.

And without water, your tracks
will be visible for even more.

The jungle is the prison.
Don't you get it?

Hey, when does the
rainy season start?

Five months, maybe six.

I can't wait that long.

Hey, listen, let's
say you do survive

the jungle and lack of water,

whatever you find, snakes and
animals and shit are out there,

you won't make it out of camp.

There's six guards
posted during the day.

Yeah.

That is during the day.

I'm going at night.

Why, what happens at night?

No.

No.

No.

I'm shitting my intestines out.

Again.

I'm sorry, I can't help it.

You just shit right on
my hand again, man.

Sorry.

That makes it 2,207
times and counting.

Leave the guy alone, okay?

There ain't no alone, brother.

Does anybody have a nail?

What are you going
to do with a nail?

You're going to stab all the lousy
guards to death with a nail?

What kind of plane you fly off?

Procet has got a
shard of glass, man.

No, that's no good.

I have porcupine needle.

No.

I've got a hammer and a socket
wrench stuffed up my ass.

There's no nails.

This whole prison's made
of bamboo and rattan.

Damn it.

I know where there's a nail.

Okay.

I'm going to make my move.

So all of you scatter in
all directions, okay? Go.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

What makes you think
you're not crazy

for thinking that'll work, man?

Eugene's right. It'll
attract too much attention.

Oh, for God's sake,
that's what I want.

Please.

You trust me? Please.

Duane, head to the outhouse.

Y.C., go to the top right. Okay?

Gene, please come on. No, no, no.

Gene, Phisit, Procet,
head towards the gate.

Move as fast as you can.

Get their attention, that's what
I need. Go, go, go, go. Go, go.

Hey, Jumbo, Jumbo.
Hey, no, no, no.

Can I borrow some
of the toothpaste?

Let me get some of
that. That's good.

I felt so like having a
good smile, you know?

Like you have. You got
a good smile, too.

Okay.

Y.C., when I hit it,
you make a noise.

Cough or something.

I love it.

I love it.

I love it.

I love it. I love it.

Give me some slack.

Let's see.

Oh, God. Oh, God,
that was an easy one.

You see, I apprenticed as a
tool and die maker in Germany.

There was no aviation
at the time and

I wanted to learn something useful

that would help me repair planes.

And, boy, are those years coming
in handy in unexpected ways now.

There's only one brand
that I cannot handle,

that is Smith and Wesson.

I think with practise,
I can open these

up in maybe two,
three seconds flat.

But listen, everybody keep one
cuff on a wrist at all times,

so that if the guards
come checking,

we can put them on again quickly.

No, they don't check us at night.

They think we can't
get out of these.

They think it's impossible.

Show me how you did that.

It's so simple. Okay.

All you do, insert the nail.

There's a cuff and a spring.
They both have teeth.

You push down on the spring,
disengage the teeth like that.

You see? This is
what happens inside.

- And the cuffs release.
- Wow.

Hands free.

Get away.

Get away.

No, no, no, no, no. Let him.
He's our friend, Malay.

Let him do it. It's the best
way to heal sores around here.

Okay.

Hey,

that cuff thing, that's
good, real good.

Yeah. Thanks.

Hey, Duane,

do you know where we are? I
mean, you have any idea?

No. But my guess is that
this here's still Laos.

And the guards, they're...

- Laotian.
- Laotian?

- Yeah.
- Yeah, but the camp is Vietcong,

there's no question.

Look, I know what you're thinking,

but jungles on these
mountains is a nightmare.

Besides, you'd end up in Vietnam.

No, but if we can
get to Thailand...

Yeah.

If we can make it to
the Mekong River...

Yeah, the Big Muddy. If you
could, you would, right?

Yeah. We can.

- Hey, why not? We can.
- Yeah.

Just stop talking about it. Okay?

Just quiet. Excuse me.

- Hey, Gene.
- Yeah.

Which of you guys knows
most about the country?

Oh, that would be Phisit,
but he doesn't talk to us.

What do you mean?

You see, Phisit is pissed about...

About...

He's pissed about something.

We don't even remember
what he's pissed about.

(SHOUTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Hey.

Hey.

Hey, come back.

Hey.

I can't believe that
bastard shot you.

I know. I didn't even
pull down my flight suit.

Hey, look, when I was
standing it looked like...

We're going to get even one day.

Howdy.

Americali.

- Americali.
- Americali. Americali. Americali.

Two years ago a
parcel came through.

Yeah.

He puts it on display
on really bad days.

The bacon label
still looks greasy.

Does it still have a scent on it?

Oh, you bet.

Can I get a sniff?

Oh, no, you may not.

You may not. That is my sniff.

Man, that is my sniff.

Hey.

How'd you ever end up a pilot?

I always... I always
wanted to be one.

I was

five years old, or
something, in a little

town, Wildberg, in
the Black Forest,

and it was just bombed
to ashes, you know?

No clear reason, just
these senseless attacks.

But I remember I was in the
attic with my brother.

We were looking out,

and we see this fighter plane,

beautiful, coming right at us.

And it's firing from its wings,

and I see the machine gun,
it's flashing and it

goes flying past the house.

It's so close. I mean, it's
feet away from the house.

And the canopy was open.

And this pilot, he had his
goggles up on his helmet.

And I could see his eyes.

And he was looking at me.

Right at me.

He's looking right at me.

And as he turns to
go, he's starting

back, he's looking
right at me still.

And the thing is,

from that moment
on, little Dieter,

he needed to fly.

You're a strange bird, Dieter.

Guy tries to kill you
and you want his job.

Yeah.

God, we need the rain.

We need the rain to come quicker.

See, here's what I can see,
you still need to understand.

No, I understand.

You wanna talk about
the rain again, we...

Listen, now. Listen.

We will be released by
the time the rain comes

like I have told you before...

Stop telling me.

I don't wanna have
to keep telling you.

- Then stop telling me.
- They will release us.

You understand?

And here's what I'm
starting to think,

that maybe you're trying
not to understand.

If you try and escape, we,

we will be killed, we
who you leave behind.

It's not just me, we
all try to escape.

Taking off. We who have been here

for two years.

Two years before you showed up.

I don't want to escape
alone. We escape together.

Wait, wait. Why would the
guards spend all this time

cutting bamboo and wood
to build a watchtower

if we weren't meant to
be here for a while?

- Exactly.
- Two years.

Exactly. Why would they
do that if they...

Listen. Listen to me.

Didn't plan to hold
us a long time?

Listen. Here's what
it all comes down to.

I am not, I'm not going
to let you do that.

No, no, no.

You know what I am going to do?

I am going to scream.

That's right. I think I'm
going to scream my head off.

Because see, I would much
rather they shoot you,

than me, or any of
us. You understand?

Yeah.

You understand?

Yeah.

You've been warned.

Haven't you?

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(YELLING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

This is for shaving.

Howdy.

- Man, I can't get over it.
- What, this?

No, that girl, you know?

She smiled at me.

And when she smiled,

man, did I wish there was no war.

Really.

- I thought you were engaged.
- Oh, yeah, I am.

We got engaged the
day before I left.

Marina, she is a wonderful
girl. So smart, you know?

She studies marine biology.

But I hope that she's
waiting for me.

- I'm sure she is.
- Yeah, well, she said she would,

but, you know, women can be funny
and go looking for another man...

Duane, you okay?

- Yeah.
- Y.C?

Yik Chiu Tuo, okay.

Okay. Gene?

Phisit? Procet?

Yeah.

♪ Happy birthday to you. ♪

♪ Happy birthday to you. ♪

♪ Happy birthday, dear Dieter. ♪

♪ Happy birthday to you. ♪

It is May the 22nd?

Happy birthday.

- Thank you.
- Happy birthday, Dieter.

What kind of champagne is this?

You just got to keep thinking
protein, lots of protein.

It's not bad.

Squished insect larva.

Protein.

Oh, this is a good year, this one.

Yeah, my favourite.

So, listen, guys.

Thank you so much.

And it is my birthday, yes,

but I would like to
give you some presents.

Okay. Now, look.

I have taken these
cartridge shells

and I have made a
knife of each one.

Okay.

Now, I'm sorry, but I have to
keep one for myself. Okay?

Duane, you're first.

Right.

Phisit.

Left or right?

Y.C.

Easy money, pal.

Gene.

- Procet, it is yours. Okay.
- I don't care about the knife.

This is for Crazy Horse.

No, no, no. Crazy Horse is mine.

My Crazy Horse. Mine.

Now listen, we must collect
the rice and hide it.

But we must dry it
because it rots too

quickly if we don't dry it, okay?

What? Hide it? You wanna hide it?

- Yeah, yeah.
- We can eat it now.

- No, no.
- We eat it now.

Look, look, look, I've created a

secret compartment
here for the rice.

It is at the bottom
of my crap container.

So I don't think the guards

- are going to want to check that.
- Crazy. This is...

Why are you hiding it now?

For our escape.

You have a plan.

Yes.

Now, have you noticed

that the guards when
they are called

to the kitchen hut for chow time,

they always leave their
rifles behind, always?

So we have a few minutes before
they return for their rifles.

We go out through the hut,
we grab their guns,

- we surprise them.
- No.

And we surprise...
We surprise them...

Crazy.

And we surround them, okay?

Then we take the
guards as prisoners.

We take over the camp.
Think about it, okay?

We hold it down for a few days
until we can signal our aircraft

to pick us up.

(SHOUTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

- Dieter, quick.
- Okay.

They'll call mess any second.

Quick, quick.

- Who's in the kitchen?
- I see four.

The cook, Little Hitler
and Nook the Rook

and somebody I've
never seen before.

He looks like a villager.

- What about the rifles?
- Okay, rifles.

Little Hitler's rifle and
Nook's rifle in Hut A.

And, okay, Crazy Horse
going towards Hut B

with his submachine gun. Okay.

There's somebody else coming
up over the hillside.

- Who?
- I can't make him out,

but he has a machete. Okay.

Oh, shit.

Nook the Rook is coming
back with his food.

Quick. Quick.

Hooks in now. Hide the
nail. Hide the nail.

- Got it?
- Yeah.

Okay. Okay.

Close it.

Nice, because we all
happen to be...

Hungry

Hungry

Hungry

Hungry

- Hey, Duane.
- What?

Okay. Your turn.

- What, my turn?
- Yeah.

- Stack it up.
- Oh, all right. You ready?

- Bottom shelf, raspberry pie.
- Okay.

The way my mum makes it with
the crust as thick as a steak.

- Yeah.
- And on top shelf is a turkey.

I'm not talking Thanksgiving big.

I'm talking, you know, an obscene,
enormous, like, 35-pound turkey

with breasts the size of Jayne
Mansfield's. You know what I mean?

You've got gravy, stuffing,
six-pack of Budweiser...

No, no, no, no.

No, I prefer the Bavarian
stein. You know?

With a quarter of a gallon
and it's dark and it's cool

and you get the foam lapping up

- and coming over the side.
- Yeah. Okay.

It's so cool you get the
mist on the side...

All right, that's in your fridge.

- This is my fridge. Right?
- Okay.

- I'm sorry. Go ahead.
- Six-pack stays where it is.

Yeah. It's okay.

- Muffins.
- Okay.

Yeah.

Okay, oranges, couple
of dozen eggs.

All right.

And, oh, a pile... A
huge pile of pancakes

with tonnes of syrup,
I mean, just soaked.

Why always the sweet stuff?

- Okay. Go ahead.
- Why always the sweet stuff?

- You stack the fridge. Go ahead.
- Okay.

- It's my turn.
- Noodles and Spam, okay.

No, okay. Sorry. Go
ahead. Go ahead.

- It's your turn. You go.
- Right.

- Some cake.
- Yeah.

See, you ruined it.

Why you always got
to interrupt me?

God.

Okay, rifle one and
rifle two in Hut A.

Submachine gun in Hut B and
another rifle in Hut C.

- That's new. Are you sure?
- Affirmative.

And in the kitchen we
have Nook the Rook,

Crazy Horse and Jumbo arriving.

Jumbo's gun?

- Jumbo's gun?
- Duane.

- What?
- Duane.

It's just a game.

It's just a game.

I won.

Phisit.

Hold this side up.

Come on.

Do you see it?

No.

- I see it.
- Yeah, that's because you dug it.

You did a good job, trust me.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

I've seen clouds, okay?

When does the monsoon start?

I don't know.

Could be another two weeks.

- No, no, no, no.
- Or a month.

No, no, no, no, no.

- Maybe five days.
- Okay. No.

We need to set a start date

because the guards, you know,
they are starving as well.

And they are getting
meaner and meaner, so...

I don't care about anything
else. Your plan, I don't care.

- You can stay behind...
- Listen to me.

- If you want.
- Listen to me now.

- How about that?
- Listen...

Dieter, I'm on board.

I'd rather be dead out there
than rotting away in here.

Okay, buddy. Okay.

Y.C., are you on board?

I guess so.

- Okay. Procet?
- I am out.

- You are out of the plan?
- I am. No, no, I want to get out.

You're coming with us out.
Great. Okay, Phisit?

That's a yes. So...

So,

it is settled then.

Okay.

July the 4th.

July the 4th.

No matter what.

Okay.

(SHOUTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

We had this two years ago
when it was really bad.

- How can it get any worse?
- Really bad.

You don't ask, you just eat.

You just smile, smile and
eat. Duane, Duane, Duane.

- Come on.
- No.

You got to try. It's protein.

Protein's not going to kill you.

Just try.

Hey.

I am going to eat my rice.

- I'm going to eat my rice.
- No, you are not.

I'm going to eat that rice.

I'm going to eat that rice
because it is my rice.

- You are not.
- I will eat my rice.

We're not going to eat that rice.

My rice.

That is not your rice.
That is our rice.

- Okay.
- Oh, I see.

And I tell you what.

I'm not going to let you out of
your handcuffs tonight, okay?

Because I still have the key.

Oh, I see. I see.

Let me see if I have this right.

You're the warden himself now.

Is that right? Is that right?
Do I have that right?

Okay?

- Dieter.
- No.

- Dieter.
- No.

Oh, God.

Come on, Dieter, open the cuffs.

No.

You, you are on my list
right after Crazy Horse.

Cut that crap, you know?

Because I will do you
in two seconds flat.

Okay.

Hey, hey, hey. You are on my list.

On my list.

That's right.

No food.

Go away, there's no food today.

No food.

Dieter.

- You should apologise.
- Okay.

I was just making a point.

You should apologise to Gene.

You are not going to
keep me prisoner. I

said you are not going
to keep me prisoner.

Oh, and you are not the one
that I'm afraid of, okay,

because the man who will
frighten me has to be born yet.

- Come on, apologise.
- Okay?

Okay.

Gene, I apologise.

Gene.

Gene.

Hey, I'm really sorry.

Okay?

I'm sorry.

Okay.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(SHOUTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Motherfucker.

I think they believe
we call in aircraft.

- I can't take this.
- Duane. Duane.

- You hang in.
- I can't take it any more.

You hang in.

I'm your true friend.

I'm your true friend. I
would not lie to you.

I will never let you down, okay?

- Okay.
- Never.

- Okay.
- Never.

Okay.

Hey.

So, listen.

Once we have got the guards,

we are going to set
up a perimeter.

If reinforcements come
along this jungle path...

They're having some kind of
discussion in the kitchen.

I understand what they are
saying. I just need to hear.

(MUTTERING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Hey, what's going on?

Silence.

So what are they saying?

What they're discussing is this.

They sent some villagers out
to forage for some rice.

- Yeah?
- They came back with nothing.

Ever since the bombings, the
entire province cannot grow rice.

I didn't think it
could get any worse.

No, it's much worse than that.

They plan to march us out
in the jungle and kill us,

and make it look as if we
were trying to escape.

They wanna all go back
to their villages

and somehow try to get some food.

The ringleaders are Little
Hitler and Crazy Horse.

- I knew it.
- Okay, so

it has to be tomorrow.

Come here.

Procet.

We are still a day short of
Independence Day, but so what.

Hey, there's no rain.

Tomorrow,

chow time.

So then, Duane and I

will go this way
outside of the fence.

The four of you will go this
way outside of the fence.

And we must all
arrive at the kitchen

at the same moment
to encircle them.

This is the most
important thing, okay?

And then you two, you will
interrogate the guards.

Okay. Where the hell is the tower?

Where's the tower?

Okay. Yes. Those three are in the
kitchen. I think that is it.

I think they're all in
the kitchen, I think.

This is it. I'm going.

Dieter, good luck.

Quiet, quiet.

Quickly. Kitchen. Kitchen. Meet
us at the kitchen. Yes? Okay.

Duane, come on. Come on. Oh, God.

Oh, God, there are six
or seven or something.

Gene. Procet. Come on.

Procet. Gene. Where
the hell are you?

Gene. Damn you, where
are... Duane, come on.

Duane, where the hell are you.

Jumbo, don't try anything.

Go on. Go on, run.

Run.

God damn you.

Where are the shoes?

The shoes are always hanging here.

Look for them. Go
on, look for them.

This is terrible.
This is terrible.

Come on. Get something.
Get this bag.

- There's no shoes.
- Get this bag.

Get as much as you can.

God damn you, Gene.

God damn you.

We have to leave.
We have to leave.

The guards will be coming back.

Come on.

Duane. Duane. Not in the open. Not
in the open. Come on. Come on.

Dieter.

Y. C., what the hell happened? Why
didn't you show up at the kitchen?

Gene? Gene, where
the hell were you?

Gene, where the
hell have you been?

Did you hear the
shooting? Did you?

I couldn't get a shot.

Oh, you couldn't get
a shot at them. You

weren't there to get
a shot at them.

Look at these. What
nice shoes you have.

Where are our shoes?
Where are our shoes?

Phisit.

You're telling me that he
took three pairs of shoes?

He took his, he took
Duane's and he took mine?

- That's right.
- Yeah.

- Yeah.
- That's right.

So, you were busy
getting your machetes

and your nice shoes while
we were being shot at.

Okay. Where was this rifle?
Where did you find this rifle?

Where'd you get that?

Where am I going to go?

I don't know where you're going
to go. Where'd you get the rifle?

Or did you just find that? You
just found it lying around?

We found it.

Okay, listen, that's it.

Listen, I have an
ammo clip for you.

My ammo clip for your machete.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, that's funny?

- Why is that funny?
- Because I was just thinking,

maybe you'll go back
and get one yourself.

Maybe I'll go back and
get one myself? Okay.

Happy now you got to
do your big plan?

Yes.

Yes.

Yeah, I bet you're happy.

You hand me that machete.

You hand me that machete.

You tell me where to go.

You tell me where to go.

I don't know where you can go.

I didn't think so.

Didn't think so.

Gene. Gene.

What's that? What's that?

Yeah, Dieter.

Is that where you're going?

See you, Duane. Duane,
love you, brother.

You go that way, I'll go this way.

But where am I going to go?

I'm going to go over there.

Where am I going to go?

Where am I going to go?

Dieter.

It's going to rain.

I know it.

This is how it always starts.

Duane.

Look at this.

You see over there?

See?

Down there must be a river.

It must lead to the Big Muddy.

And then we'll be out of here.

We'll build a raft, and we can
float all the way down to it.

No one will see us.

Then we can cross
over into Thailand.

Listen.

Do you hear that?

Is that a waterfall?

Waterfall. Waterfall, bail out.

Dieter.

Dieter.

- Careful.
- The shore.

Grab the shore.

Hey, pick a hand.

No.

Which one of your
feet is worse off?

That's a trick question, right?

We can trade off with this thing.

There's no way that we shoot
it out with the Vietcong

if we run into them, so...

And we can't use these for
hunting because of the noise.

You wanna ditch them?

Yeah.

I'm sick of carrying
these, anyway.

Oh, God.

Duane.

We got to move.

I'm too tired.

- Keep moving.
- No, I'm too tired.

Come on, buddy.

I can't go on any longer.

Duane.

Duane.

These are huts.

This is an abandoned village.

This is a hut.

No.

- Yeah.
- It's all jungle.

Be careful.

- I'm done.
- No.

Travel by night.

No, I'm telling you, I
can't go any further.

You just leave me here.

We'll travel by night.

I help you along.

When we reach the Big Muddy,
we'll make it across,

and I'm sure we're
going to run right

into an American officers' club.

And we're going to go
straight into the kitchen,

and we're going to order a
burger and French fries

and milkshake and
ice cream sundaes.

All that sweet stuff
that you like.

Duane. Duane. There's choppers.

Duane. Duane, look.

There's... Oh, here we are.

Here we are.

Oh, please. Please, be real.

Here we are. It's your
buddies. It's your buddies.

Oh, yes.

Thank you. Thank you.

We're here. We're here.

No.

We're here.

Where are you going?

We are here.

Stop.

You idiots, where are you going?

Please.

Please.

Please come back.

Please come back.

- Keep your voice down.
- Duane.

- Dieter.
- Duane.

- The guards are coming.
- Duane,

I'm not speaking.

I'm not speaking.

God, why don't you help
us when we need you most?

Keep your voice down.
They're coming.

Come here.

Lie down.

Lie down there.

Lie down.

Okay.

Listen, I'm going to build
a fire tonight, a big one.

And those helicopters,
they will see it.

And they will come for us.

Okay, they will come for us.

Come on, come on.

Yes.

Here we are.

Here we are. Oh, yes.

Oh, thank God. Oh, yes.

Yeah.

Yes.

You idiots.

You almost killed me.

I dreamt there was a fire.

Why did they think a whole
damn village would be burning?

How could we be Vietcong?

Now they must've heard us.

They must've seen this.

The Vietcong will be on their way.
They could be here any moment.

Let's leave here.

(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(MAN SHOUTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(DIETER SPEAKING IN
FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(SHOUTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Dieter.

Dieter.

My feet are cold.

(MAN SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

I'm cold.

My feet are cold.

You can have the sole.

Duane?

Hey, you.

I'm here.

Please turn around.

Hey.

Don't leave. Hey.

Hey. Hey.

Don't go away.

Don't go away.

Hey.

Oh, come on.

Oh, please.

Come on.

Okay. Hey.

Over here. Over here.

Help me. Come on,
come on, come on.

Come on down. Yeah, come on.

They're coming.

Yes. Yes, please.

See me.

Yes.

Who are you, buddy?

Name?

Flight Lieutenant Dieter
Dengler, USS. Ranger.

Authenticator?

- What's your authenticator?
- Rescue Dawn.

- Rescue Dawn.
- Louder.

Rescue Dawn.

- Favourite sport?
- Hunting.

Favourite fish?

Trout.

Confirmed. Confirmed. It's him.

I can't believe it.

Jesus, buddy, you made
it out of the bush.

Bring him home.

He's coming home with us.

- Oh, shit.
- Going home.

All right.

Way to go, buddy.

Easy, easy, easy.

Hold up here, hold up here.
Hey, everyone listen to me.

- We're in charge here.
- Back up. Back up.

This man has been on a highly
classified operation. Hold.

No one is to see him. No one is to

touch him. No one
is to talk to him.

- Get him inside.
- You'll forget what you've seen.

In fact, from now on, it's a
black operation. Is that clear?

You got me on that?

- Back up. Back up.
- Stand back.

All right. Let's go.

You're doing great, Dieter.

You don't need this any more.

Hey, when can I go
back to my ship?

I don't know.

Okay, go, go, go, go, go.

You guys are a lot of fun.

You know, how many
times I have to tell

you? I don't know the coordinates.

Let's go back to the guards.
Tell me about their uniforms.

There were some with red stars,
maybe they're Vietcong.

The others were Laotians...

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

Dieter.

There's my buddies.

- Happy birthday.
- That's my buddies.

You made it.

It's good to see you, Spook.

Dieter.

Norman. Oh, my God.

Gentlemen, can you give us a
couple of minutes alone, please?

It should be all right.

I got a little letter
from his fiancée.

It's kind of personal.
You know what I mean?

Keep it personal, Lieutenant.

We're in the middle of a
highly classified debriefing.

Will do. It's from his old lady.

- Ten minutes.
- Okay.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Thank you.

Hey, Spook, what's with the
birthday... It's not my birthday.

Dieter, those two CIA dudes wanna

take you back to
Guam for debriefing.

You don't wanna do that, do you?

I didn't think so.

Hey, hold on, guys.

Hey, guys, he's a bit
choked up in there.

You mind giving him
just a couple of

minutes to sort of
pull himself together?

Yeah, it should be fine.
We'll give it a few minutes.

- He's a good kid, huh?
- Yeah.

- Thanks, guys.
- Yup.

Right, left. Left, left,
left, right, left.

Come on, now.

Hurry up. Come on, get him in.

Get him in now, fast.

Get inside.

It's my day.

What are we doing?

- Hey.
- What?

Where is everybody?

- Where?
- Right here.

Why the decks... They're
empty. Have they gone home?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

They're on vacation.

Is the war over?

No.

You know I'm in a lot of trouble.

Boys, here he is.

They kidnapped him, they
brought him here to us.

The CIA held him for four days but
they can't hang onto him forever.

Dieter Dengler.

All right, all right. Hold
on. Hold on a second.

Boys, listen up for a second.

Admiral Willoughby's
got something to say.

Lieutenant Dengler.

Good to have you back.

- Thank you.
- All right. That's not all.

There's more. Hold on,
fellows. Hold on, hold on.

So, let's start with
the man himself.

Dieter, it is just
incredible you made it home.

Now, tell us, was it your
faith in God and country?

Come on, Dieter, you got
to believe in something.

I believe I need a steak.

A steak. This guy needs a steak.

We're grilling up a
big old cow for you.

All right. Hey,
listen up. Hang on.

Can you pass something
on to the boys?

You know, something you
learnt during your ordeal,

something to keep them going
no matter how bad it gets?

Sure I can.

Empty what is full.

Fill what is empty.

Scratch where it
itches. That's it.

Now look at these boys ' faces.

Do they love you, man.

Do they love you.