The film tells the story of three steel factory workers who joined the Vietnam War and got different endings because of their different personalities. Robert De Niro plays the bearded Michael. To be honest, I didn’t realize that the bearded man was Robert De Niro until the scene when they were on the battlefield. Maybe it was because Robert De Niro was too young at that time. Bar. The three fraternal young people have completely different destinies. Michael is calm and decisive. He protects Steve and Jacky everywhere, and finally returns home with the badge on. Steve was timid and fragile. He hit a stone in his leg when he escaped and was taken to the US military hospital by Michael. He was finally sent home, but his lower body was paralyzed and he could only move in a wheelchair. Jacky is extreme and stubborn. With the help of Michael, he found his own courage. After he separated from Michael and Steve, he became desperate and manic. After Michael was captured by the Vietnamese army, it was a game of death that made him pick up his courage. Since then, I have been obsessed with this as a relief.
The climax of the film is the "game of death" in which one bullet is loaded, and then the magazine of the revolver is turned and shot at his head. If you are unlucky and the bullet happens to be facing the barrel, then all you can wait for is death. This cruel game appeared twice in the film, which is where the two climaxes of the film are.
The first time was when Michael and three others were captured by the Vietnamese army. The Vietnamese army regarded this as a game of torturing prisoners of war. Steve was still in the dungeon because he didn't have the courage to shoot. Then Michael told Jacky to show his courage. Come, find a chance to kill these Vietnamese troops and rescue Steve. Michael asked the Vietnamese army for 3 bullets, and the Vietnamese army was squeezed! Obviously, the chance of being killed in this way will be much higher. Michael roared and shot, stuck, no bullets. Jacky was on the verge of collapse at this time, and finally he cried helplessly and shot, click, no bullets! At this time it was Michael's turn again. He took the gun, while the guards were not paying attention, and Jacky successfully killed the Vietnamese army, rescued Steve and began to flee.
The second time was when Michael returned to Vietnam from home to find Jacky who was lost. At this time Jacky had completely lost all his desire for life. He just mechanically used his life to gamble again and again as a well-known gambler. Then he sent a portion of the money he won to Steve's home, which he thought was dead. Michael realized that Jacky had forgotten everything as if he had lost his memory at this time, so he took out all his money and offered to gamble with Jacky, hoping to remind Jacky of those difficult years. Michael shoots first, Safe, Jacky's turn, he smiled and talked to Michael about the rule that Michael used to follow for deer: one shot! Only then did Michael know that Jacky hadn't forgotten the past, the gunfire rang and Jacky fell in a pool of blood...
In a song "God bless America", friends raised their glasses to pay tribute to Jacky who was away from them, as if to tell him He will always live in their hearts. The picture freezes at this moment, which is also the last shot of the film.
Life goes on...
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