wall of life and death

Ayden 2022-11-15 20:48:26

At the beginning of the film, the sniper (Matthew) and the observer (Izzy) are aiming at a wall. Around the dangerous wall are the bodies of friendly troops and American hired workers. Interestingly, 6 construction workers and 2 security guards are all there. He was shot in the head away from the bunker, but the friendly correspondent didn't. This was abnormal. Izzy brought it up, but Matthew expressed his disapproval. Here is a small foreshadowing of the director's narration. It was only at the end that I found out that this was the strategy of the enemy sniper. Matthew and Izzy have been lurking for 20 hours, which is an unusually long time for a sniper, and the lurking location is still in the dry and hot Gobi. So, after some conversation, Matthew decided that the enemy sniper was dead or the friendly army was just wiped out by a small enemy team, and regardless of Izzy's obstruction, he swaggered towards the dangerous wall. The sniper hit the waist and fell to the ground. Seeing this, Izzy rushed to support immediately, but was intercepted by snipers, shot in the kettle and radio (also intentionally by the enemy snipers), and shot in the knee, bleeding profusely, but barely managed to hide behind the dangerous wall , save a life

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The Wall quotes

  • [first lines]

    Matthews: [sighting through his scope from a bush] Nothin'. Hit n' run. Whoever it was they're gone. War's over, he got the memo.

    [sighs]

    Matthews: Ize?

    [bird squawking]

    Matthews: Allen? Ize!

    Isaac: [on his radio] What?

    Matthews: We got no movement, not a sign of a shadow... How long we been here, man? 18, plus?

    Isaac: 20.

    Matthews: [sighs] Jesus. There's nobody fuckin' out there, man.

    Isaac: Less he's a pro.

    Matthews: A Haji?

    Isaac: I'm just saying, maybe.

  • Juba: You Americans. You think you know it all. You think it's simple. That I am your enemy. But we are not so different, you and I.

    Isaac: Yeah, 'cept I ain't a fuckin' terrorist.

    Juba: And you think I am? You are the one who has come to another man's country. Camouflaged yourself in his land, in his soil. From where I'm sitting, *you* look very much like the terrorist.