Warhorse One (2023) Movie Script

Dave, I have Mike Stevens

calling again.

Connecting you now.

Sorry, I got your message.

We're just a little bit

busy around here right now.

What can I do for you?

Yeah, Dave. Listen,

I need your help.

I need you to help me to

get a group of missionaries

out of Pakistan.

Missionaries? Come on, Mike.

I've got thousands of people

trying to escape the country.

Three administrations we

kept this thing together,

and this one just

wants to walk away

and let the enemy

take over the country.

So now they're hitting us

with everything they've got,

just as we're trying to pull out

and claim some kind of victory.

I... I know.

I know.

You can't tell me that these

people didn't know the risks

when they went in there.

Look, you're just going

to have to tell them

to bag it up and get out.

They're Americans.

Americans? Americans.

This ministry brought this

guy and his family over

here to start a church

in this little

village called Sarad.

We've been using them

to coordinate the evacuation

of these ANSF interpreters.

But they just...

they stayed too long.

Mike...

look, you didn't

hear this from me,

but they're pushing hundreds

of insurgents into that area.

They've already hit the embassy

in Cabel, government buildings,

police stations.

They're even trying to dig

into the surrounding villages.

It's like the TET

offensive out there.

The media is saying

it's the Taliban,

but these guys are

getting trucked in

from Pakistan, Syria...

They're cleansing

everything, Mike.

This guy is risking his

family's life for us.

It may not mean anything

to you, but it does to me.

I need help.

Let me see what I can do.

Just showed up.

We made it very clear.

We told them to evac

the area immediately.

He says he's leaving

tomorrow morning.

Tell them to get on

the road right now.

He says he's not leaving

until he evacuates everyone

from the village.

- Hold up, hold up.

All right, there is

a SOCOM operation in

a village in Kunar.

Let me see if I can move them.

Get you an escort

and extraction.

Thank you.

This is filing with me.

Soldiers...

All right, I need

that intel, Mike.

What do you got for me?

Roger that.

All told, I've got six

of them traveling...

Yeah. Hit me.

Logan. Make sure you

get all the drives.

The Reverend Mathew

William Walters,

white male, age 45.

His wife Rasheeda Walters,

female, 41, born in

Kabul, Afghanistan,

naturalized American in

'07 when wed to Walters.

And their kids.

All right.

William Arthur Walters,

male, age 13...

and Zoe Elizabeth

Walters, female, age five.

They got their support staff,

Rami Ahmadi and Majida Ibrahimi.

- 'K.

Come on, guys. We gotta go.

We got all six

traveling right now

in a dark green '93 Trooper.

Hey.

You watch yourself over there.

Sir, we're out of clock.

We gotta move.

Showed up.

Commander Johns, I've got

six American missionaries

traveling through

the Kunar Province.

They're in a green

Trooper.

They were making a run

for the Pakistani border.

We just heard from them.

They got turned around

and they're lost.

We need to send a unit to

link up with them ASAP.

With me, please.

We need help.

We need help, please.

RPG! RPG!

I don't know if things

happen for a reason.

If it's fate, destiny,

or the hand of God.

Team Warhorse, this

is Warhorse One.

Give me a sit rep. Over.

Team Warhorse, I say again,

this is Warhorse One.

What's your status? Over.

Pataskie...

Shane...

Junior...

Anyone Team Warhorse, respond.

Castle, this is Warhorse One.

This is Chief Mirko.

We have a helo down.

I say again, we

have a helo down.

Do you have eyes on

our position, how copy?

We have a helo down.

Guys.

[over comms] I say again,

we have a helo down.

Do you have eyes on

our position, how copy?

Roger, Warhorse, this is Castle.

We are tracking your

position via UAV. Over.

I was separated from the helo

when we were hit,

but I am on my feet.

I am good to go.

I have contacted my team.

I get no comeback on comms.

Are there any guns

up at the crash site?

I say again, is anyone

moving, how copy?

Solid copy, Warhorse.

We have eyes on the crash site

due east of your

current position.

It looks like the helo

broke up on impact.

We have no observable

movement on FLIR or comms

coming from the

crash site. Over.

I say again, the crash site

is due east of your POS.

Over.

How copy? Over.

Solid copy, Castle.

I am moving to the

crash site to verify.

I've got tangos at 500

meters to the north.

They are pushing the crash

site. I am moving to intercept.

Over.

Negative, Warhorse.

I say again, the helo

broke up on impact.

Disengage.

Negative, Castle.

Those are my men in that helo,

and if there are any survivors,

I'm not leaving

them up here to die.

You have a significant

aggressor force

advancing from your

northeast. Disengage!

We have no movement,

no signatures,

no guns up, you have

no close air support.

Disengage, fall

back, find cover.

Oh, they hit them again.

I'm moving to intercept.

I'm going to pull them

off the crash site.

Mirko out!

Negative, Warhorse. Disengage.

Somebody get me Johns!

Go get 'em, Master Chief.

Let's go.

Gotcha.

Castle to Warhorse.

Warhorse, do you copy?

Warhorse, this is Castle.

Come in, Warhorse.

Go for Warhorse. Over.

[over comms] Be advised,

you have tangos advancing

on your position. Over.

Roger that. I'm good.

Negative.

That force has a lead

element of 30 to 40 men.

And they are moving

quickly on your position.

Over.

Roger that. I have time.

Master Chief, this is Johns.

Do you copy?

Mirko, do you copy?

Commander.

Master Chief,

you have seconds here and

they're evaporating fast.

We're looking at the

crash site right now.

Your team is gone.

I don't see anybody

moving down there.

You're on your own, son.

Either you break contact

and get moving...

or you're going to

die on that mountain.

I can live with that.

Yeah, but I don't want to, son.

I don't need to lose

all my guys today.

Fall back, come

back here, re-group,

and we'll go back in

and bring our boys home.

You owe them that.

How copy?

Understand, Master Chief?

Mirko, do you copy?

Copy, Commander.

Falling back. Mirko out.

Lieutenant. Reece!

Get Vanzant on the horn. Find

out about assets for a QRF.

I want my frogman

off that mountain.

And talk to those

Air Force guys.

Tell 'em to sort their shit out.

We need eyes on

this doggone mess.

Yes, sir.

Come on, fuckers.

Warhorse, this is Castle.

Do you copy, Warhorse? Over.

Castle, this is Warhorse.

Not a good time...

No, fuck that.

I'm a frogman. You

can't drown me.

You can't drown me.

Walters.

Help...

help me... help me...

Walters.

Relax now.

- Help me. Help me. Help me.

- Walters.

All right, relax.

Please.

Not me! Not me.

Her.

Her. Help her.

Her.

Shit.

Zoe?

Ssssh, Mama's sleeping.

Are you Zoe?

Mama says we're

going to be okay.

We're going here.

No, we're not going there yet.

You see that?

That's where it's safe.

Up there?

Yeah, and my friends

are coming to meet us.

We have to wait

until she wakes up.

We should let her sleep.

It's okay. She'll

meet us up there.

We gotta go now.

It's okay. Come on.

Kid, let's go.

You're not my papa.

Listen, kid.

When all this is over,

we can be friends.

Until then, I'm in charge.

Got it?

Move out.

Hey, that's mine.

Yeah, and if somebody spots it,

it will give away our position.

You can take this one.

Papa says guns don't

solve problems.

Yeah.

That's why you

always carry a knife.

He told me you can't fight

evil stuff with evil stuff.

Kid, I'm one of the good guys.

Those guys back there

that hurt your papa,

those are the bad guys.

Why, because they're Muslims?

I don't care what

they believe in.

If you're intentionally

killing innocent people,

then you're the bad guys.

Come on. We gotta go.

Kid, don't move...

You see this?

This is why you don't run

around like a wild girl.

There's tons of bad

stuff like this out here.

Okay. What is it?

It's a bad thing.

When that pin comes out,

it sets this fuse off

that detonates this bomb.

Oh.

Listen, no matter what you see,

or what you hear, if

I put you somewhere,

you stay there and

you stay quiet.

'Cause of the bad guys?

Yeah. Yeah, because

of the bad guys.

All right, we should

get out of here.

Psst! Now go.

You're bleeding.

It's not mine.

Come on, we gotta go.

Come on!

You left me.

I'm sorry, kid.

It won't happen again.

Promise?

Promise.

Let's go.

Come on, kid.

It's okay, they're gone.

What?

They killed Billy.

The one with the hat.

The one with the scar.

I'll remember 'em.

All right, come

on. We should go.

Hey. I'll be right back.

No, wait!

It's okay.

I'm just going to go take

a peek at the next ridge.

We made a promise.

Sit here, don't move,

and don't make a sound.

Castle, this is Warhorse

One, do you copy?

Over.

Castle, this is Warhorse

One. Do you read me? Over.

Warhorse, this is Castle.

We have you Lima

Charlie, how copy. Over.

Good copy, good

fucking copy. Over.

[over comm]

Bad comms. Over.

Roger. Command needs a sit rep.

What's your status?

I have a heavy aggressor

force hunting me and my AO.

I need immediate evac. Over.

Roger that. What is

your current pos?

I am one kilometer past

Giants pushing to Raiders.

I have one mission objective.

I say again, I have one

small objective, need

immediate extraction.

How copy?

[over comm] Good copy on

the objective, updating now.

We have no air assets

available in theater.

Looking for birds to

allocate your direction

but you will have to stand by.

We are dealing with

heavy TIC at this time.

Roger that.

I'll wait for further. Over.

We understand the urgency

of your situation.

You will have to stand by.

Hold what you got, and

we will contact you

no later than zero six

with exfil, how copy?

Oh six hundred, Castle?

Affirmative, Warhorse.

That's the best we

can do at this time.

Roger that, Castle.

Advise if you can

implement sooner.

Warhorse One out.

Roger. Castle out.

Reece, what's the

word on Vanzant?

No word yet, sir.

Give me a phone.

I'll call him myself.

Whatcha doing?

A little surprise

for the bad guys.

Come on, it's time to rack out.

Are we going to die?

No, we're going to be just fine.

We just have to make it to

the top of that mountain.

How did you know I was here?

We were in the area

looking for someone.

Looking for a bad guy?

Yeah, looking for a bad guy.

Then we got the redirect

that your family

was trying to escape the area,

so we came looking for you.

We?

Yeah, my friends and I.

Where are your friends now?

Our helicopter was shot down.

What about you?

I fell out before it crashed.

You fell from the

sky? Like an angel?

I'm no angel.

You're my angel.

I hope the bad

guys don't get us.

They won't.

Time for bed, kid.

Can you tell me a story?

A story, huh?

What kinda story?

I like superheroes.

Superheroes, huh?

I got a hero story for ya.

It's about the bravest

man I've ever met.

Aziz Latiri.

He was a Muslim.

One day...

No, once upon a time.

Okay. Once upon a time,

in a faraway place

called Kirkuk,

me and my friends

were pinned down

and surrounded by enemies.

And it didn't look good for us.

I didn't think we were

gonna make it out.

And all of a sudden,

a truck pulled up,

and a guy jumped out,

a peshmerga fighter,

and he gave us cover and

allowed me and my friends

to get outta there.

At first I thought

he was just crazy.

And then I realized he

was just really brave.

He saved our lives that day.

Rest your soul, Aziz.

Rest your soul.

Team Warhorse.

Change of plans, boys.

Robin Hood is a push.

We have a new objective.

We need an immediate

extraction of U.S. citizens.

They are traveling

in a green Trooper

heading east on Nangala

Road. Six friendlies.

William Walters, male, 45.

Rasheeda Walters, female, 41.

Child, William, male, 13.

Child, Zoe, female, five.

Hostiles have been

spotted in the area.

Good luck, Mirko.

Junior, you good?

Relax, kid.

One minute, boys.

RPG! RPG!

Wake up. Wake up, kid.

Let's go.

Who's that?

Snap out of it,

kid. We gotta go.

Kid! Snap out of it, let's go!

We gotta go.

Go ahead.

Ha!

Come here.

Grip it tight.

That way, in case

you gotta swing,

it won't fall outta your hand.

When you're ready to throw

it, loosen your grip,

imagine you're cutting

through your target,

and drive the tip of that blade

right into the center

of that target.

Got it?

- Ha!

Better.

Now try it with this.

It's okay.

Ha!

Not bad, kid.

Get your bag.

It's nothing.

No.

What's that?

It's gum.

Chew it. Don't swallow it.

Good, huh?

Mm-hm.

What's her name?

It's a boy.

What's his name?

Louie.

That's a good name.

Billy says it's a dumb name.

A noonkie name.

Noonkie name, huh?

I like it.

Mama told me when we

got back to America,

she would get me a real Louie.

I miss Mama.

I know.

I know she's not sleeping.

She's gone, like Papa and Billy.

It's just a part of life, kid.

Everybody dies.

Even us?

Yeah.

But not here.

Not yet.

I'm gonna get us outta here.

Pst.

It's very dangerous here.

Where is your Papa and Mama?

You shouldn't be

here by yourself.

I'm not. I'm with him.

Please, don't shoot.

I... I'm a simple goat

herder, searching my goat.

This is a dangerous place.

You shouldn't be here.

Drop that Burner, fucker.

Here. Take it, take it.

I use it for protection

against the Daesh bastards.

I can help you get out of here.

My village is not

too far from here.

Right in the next valley, huh?

Yes, I will help.

Come, I help.

Turn around.

You look in the wrong direction,

I will fucking kill

you, you understand?

I help you. I help

you. I help you.

Go.

The village is

not far from here.

My village.

Daesh came in a few days

ago, like a brush fire.

They left and now

they back again.

You from here?

No, from Pakistan, but

my papa move us here

when I was a boy. So

no, I was not born here.

But I will die here, inshallah.

What about you, my

friend? Why are you here?

Just visiting.

Very dangerous place

to visit by yourself.

Yeah, the world's

a dangerous place.

Warhorse, this is Castle.

How copy, over.

- Even for Special Forces.

- Shut the fuck up.

Go for Warhorse. Over.

[over comms] Roger,

Warhorse. Good copy. Over.

Yeah, you're late. Over.

Roger that, Warhorse.

Sketchy comms on our

end at this time.

We do have a 160th air asset

available out of Jalalabad.

Outstanding, Castle.

I have the package in tow,

and we are heading

to the exfil. Over.

Roger, Warhorse.

What is your current pos?

We are four kilometers past

Raiders, ready to go home.

Over.

Do you have exfil grid? Over.

Three-five-five, how copy. Over.

Got it, confirmed.

Confirmed extract at three-five-

five, how copy?

Roger that. Warhorse out.

Roger, Warhorse. Castle out.

Good news?

Yeah, you could say that.

Oh, good, good. I

am happy for you.

Hey, kid. You

ready to go home?

Stay down, kid.

Aaah!

Kid.

Kid!

All right, kid.

Don't be afraid, little child.

I won't hurt you.

What is your name?

What is this?

It's Papa's.

Oh, it's nice.

Zoe?

No! No! No! No!

Oh! Oh, the girl.

She is close. I will take you.

Up.

Hold.

What the fuck are

you guys doing?

Showtime, big boy.

Allah Akbar.

There is a storm coming.

Junior?

Kobe?

Where is she?

Never you worry about her.

You know, I admire

your strength.

It must be very painful

to be here all alone,

with none of your

soldiers to help you.

Jarrah.

Tell me when and

where your helicopter

is coming for you.

And I'll let you live.

What helicopter?

Do you think you

are playing with me?

So I tell you where my

helicopter is coming,

so you can kill more of my men.

You have killed

thousands of my brothers.

Civilians. Innocent

women, children.

For what?

For the poppies, the pipelines?

Or just another financed

puppet government?

I think it's just to

kill shitheads like you.

Afghanistan is the

graveyard of empires.

Slaughtered invaders

throughout history.

Alexander, the Khans,

the Persians, British,

Soviets, and the West

will suffer the same fate.

You American scum.

Sending assassins to kill

us in our peaceful villages.

This ain't your

village, asshole.

It is now.

And you ain't from

Afghanistan...

but you're gonna die here.

And so will you, American.

And so will you.

You like, little girl?

You like?

You like, little girl?

Come. Come.

Come.

Come!

Peeky boo!

You are both going to die for

your transgressions today.

Zoe?

This is mine, fucker.

Warhorse One, this

is Castle. Over.

Listen, Master Chief, I'm not

sure if you're reading this,

but there's a large

group of reinforcements

inbound on the village.

Any luck, Reece?

Negative contact, sir.

How close are those

reinforcements?

If he's in the village, sir,

they're almost on top of him.

Aaah!

Papa!

Hey, kid.

I told you I'd never leave you.

We gotta go. We gotta go.

All right, come on.

Stay down, kid.

Stay! Ears!

Come on. Come on, get up.

Go!

Come on.

Get behind the plates.

Get behind the vest.

Get behind the plates.

Okay.

Come on.

It's okay, we'll be okay.

No, it's okay.

It's okay.

You're my angel.

We're going to be okay.

You're my angel.

On line! On line!

On line! On line! On line!

Mirko... look at me, brother.

Eyes on me.

Are you hit?

Yeah, my back.

Woodsy! We're going critical.

We need to get the

fuck off the x.

No, the girl. Get

the girl outta here.

The package.

I got the package.

Roach!

Little help!

Clean, 150 meters, two o'clock.

I don't have a shot.

[over comms] Looks like

these guys are buggin' out

and going home, chief.

You're clear to move.

Roger that! Clean!

Take us out.

Move! Let's go, let's go!!!

Reaper, this is Bladerunner.

We have a full head count.

We're headed to your pos now.

Over.

I still don't know if

things happen for a reason.

Whether it's fate, destiny,

or the hand of God.

But what happened

that day changed me.

I lost a piece of

myself that day.

But I also gained

something. Someone.

Someone who reminded me

that the things in life

worth living for...

are worth dying for.

I could never replace

the family she lost,

but Louie and I

will do our best.

She's my everything now.

She's my family.

And for the brothers

I lost that day...

for them, there

will be a reckoning.

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