• 2 months ago
At the end of the Vietnam War, Colonel James Cooper
( David Carradine ) embarks on a life-threatening liberation mission to free American prisoners imprisoned in a secret Vietcong camp
Transcript
00:00:30The Paris peace talks go on.
00:00:43The North Vietnamese continue to refuse to agree to the release of our POWs, even if
00:00:48we set a date for the withdrawal of U.S. forces.
00:00:52President Nixon stated today that this is, of course, very cruel on their part to reject
00:00:56out of hand even the possibility of that kind of discussion.
00:01:00The POW issue is considered to be a main stumbling block to a negotia...
00:01:04You got a problem, Cooper?
00:01:13We had a perfect mission plan.
00:01:14Now it's all fucked up.
00:01:15Who the hell changed the orders?
00:01:17The Pentagon.
00:01:19This is no ordinary prison recovery, Jim.
00:01:22President Nixon wants to make an example of this camp because it's one of the places
00:01:26that the communists won't admit they're still holding American prisoners.
00:01:30President wants the message to be loud and clear.
00:01:32We want all of our men back.
00:01:34And now instead of sneaking in the back with a little company of rangers, we go blasting
00:01:38our way through the front with a bunch of gunships.
00:01:40The louder the better.
00:01:42The brass wants them to hear it in Hanoi and Paris.
00:01:46They also want to hear what's going to happen to the prisoners in this cage when we come
00:01:50blasting right through the front like goddamn cavalry.
00:01:54Ceasefire goes into effect in five days.
00:01:57Any POWs that aren't accounted for by then will be reclassified as missing in action.
00:02:04They'll disappear forever.
00:02:06They changed the backup plan too?
00:02:09No, that's still as it was before.
00:02:12There'll be choppers waiting four days from now on the coast of Bang Thai for one hour
00:02:18from 1,500 hours on.
00:02:24How about it, Jim?
00:02:26You still gonna go?
00:02:27You know damn well I am.
00:02:33Thanks, Jim.
00:02:40Who is this Cooper guy anyway?
00:02:43You're lucky he's here, kid.
00:02:45Why'd they send him all the way from Washington?
00:02:47He volunteered for this one, which means you might get out alive.
00:02:52I got my own insurance right here.
00:02:55I just can't figure out why they picked him.
00:02:58It's simple.
00:02:59Aside from being the best, he's got one rule that's never been broken.
00:03:03What's that?
00:03:04Everybody goes home.
00:03:47How old are you, teen?
00:03:49Nineteen, sir.
00:03:50Say a good word for me, will ya?
00:03:54Yes, sir.
00:04:17Let's go.
00:04:47Let's go.
00:05:17Let's go.
00:05:39We're going down now.
00:05:44Knock out those towers.
00:05:47Yeah.
00:05:52Watch out for the cage in the center.
00:06:17Going around one more time.
00:06:47Come on!
00:07:09Come on!
00:07:17Come on!
00:07:29Come on!
00:07:31Come on, move it!
00:07:33In, in, in, in, in, in, in!
00:07:47Come on!
00:07:50Come on, keep moving!
00:07:53Let's go!
00:07:54Coming in right!
00:07:55Let's go!
00:07:57Move!
00:07:58Let's go!
00:07:59They're going to kill!
00:08:01Let's go!
00:08:02Keep firing!
00:08:03Keep fire!
00:08:04Out!
00:08:06Come on!
00:08:07Let's go!
00:08:08Take it around back!
00:08:09Move, move, move, move, move!
00:08:10Come on, move!
00:08:12Move!
00:08:14Keep going!
00:08:15Take it around back!
00:08:16Move, move, move!
00:08:21What do you got?
00:08:22What's going on here?
00:08:28Fuck!
00:08:29Cease fire!
00:08:32Cease fire!
00:08:33Cease fire!
00:08:41Get the fuck out of here!
00:08:47Get the fuck out of here!
00:08:48Get the fuck out of here!
00:08:51Move out!
00:08:52Move out!
00:09:09Move it, move it!
00:09:12Move, move, move!
00:09:13uff, yeah, move!
00:09:16Come on, move out!
00:09:24Move out!
00:09:47There he is!
00:09:50Move out!
00:10:13To the chopper, move!
00:10:20Harlan!
00:10:34Get back!
00:10:36Go! Go!
00:10:43Take him out!
00:10:49Go! Go!
00:11:06Where's Keith?
00:11:08I don't know!
00:11:09I'm going back for him!
00:11:11Get out of here!
00:11:19Go! Go!
00:11:43Keith!
00:11:45Keith!
00:11:49Keith!
00:11:57Keith!
00:11:59Keith!
00:12:19Go for it!
00:12:25Go for it!
00:12:27Go for it!
00:12:33Hang on, soldier.
00:12:35Let's get out of here.
00:12:49Go!
00:12:51Go!
00:13:18Back! Go back!
00:13:22Go!
00:13:36Go!
00:13:52Go!
00:14:04We're not going to make it.
00:14:06Hang on, soldier. Just hang on.
00:14:08We're not going to make it.
00:14:10You got to trust me, son.
00:14:12Leave me.
00:14:14Shut up.
00:14:22Keith.
00:14:43Somebody!
00:14:45Get back up!
00:14:47I want out of here!
00:14:49Get back up! I want out of here!
00:14:51Yeah.
00:15:20Hey.
00:15:22That's Copper.
00:15:50We need your attention, Mr. Spock.
00:16:07Colonel Cooper.
00:16:09You Americans are a big country,
00:16:12but also make big mistakes.
00:16:20Not too many colonels stupid enough to make combat,
00:16:24Colonel Cooper.
00:16:30One knife, two holes.
00:16:37Give up.
00:16:39Give up.
00:16:41Give up.
00:16:43Give up.
00:16:45Give up.
00:16:48Give up.
00:16:50Give up.
00:16:52Give up.
00:17:17Give up.
00:17:47Give up.
00:18:08Colonel.
00:18:11What's your name, son?
00:18:13Scott, sir.
00:18:17You heard anything about the Paris peace talks
00:18:22They're working on it you think they'll come back for us sir looks like we're gonna have to go to them
00:18:47I
00:19:04Are a popular man Cooper the highest ranking American in captivity
00:19:09I know he wants you very badly. They're sending two intelligence officers in two days to pick you up
00:19:18You will be tried for crimes against the Vietnamese people then you will be executed
00:19:26But what if there was a way for you to leave here and not to go to Hanoi a
00:19:31Way that would only require a little mutual trust and cooperation
00:19:36Such a thing would interest you Cooper. Does it not?
00:19:41Cooper James T. Kern RA 5 1 4 6 6 5 9 2 yes of course
00:19:47You have a choice and two days to make a decision
00:19:51You know enough to know I don't like him
00:19:55I'm getting out of here tonight
00:20:01Scotty don't you worry man? I'm gonna get you out
00:20:17I
00:20:48Don't Cooper
00:20:51Chastain special forces sergeant
00:20:54sergeant
00:20:57Welcome to our humble abode sir
00:21:02How many men we got five of ours the rest are regular grunts not exactly a strike force
00:21:10Who's heading up the escape committee there is no escape committee
00:21:16No, well
00:21:19Why leave now you just got here colonel
00:21:25Don't mind him
00:21:32Goes out we all go
00:21:35Oh
00:21:37Goes out
00:21:39Should we all at your chance Cooper? You're here a bullshit doesn't work here. That's an order soldier
00:21:46Don't take orders from anybody anymore
00:21:54I'm getting too old for this shit
00:22:04I
00:22:23Get tired of this come on you're dead
00:22:34Oh
00:22:39Great
00:23:05I
00:23:07Let him go we need soldiers
00:23:15Boy
00:23:18You still coming
00:23:20I'll take my chances. I've been here too long
00:23:23Boy
00:23:25You watch your back
00:23:27This asshole won't you what I'm saying sparks
00:23:30You make it for bond time
00:23:34The choppers there in four days
00:24:04Oh
00:24:09Fucking crazy
00:24:34I
00:25:05I
00:25:12Scott Scott
00:25:17Let go Eddie you're gonna get us killed
00:25:22Get out of here man, I can't run
00:25:24I'm taking Ben's raft
00:25:32You're stupid bastard
00:25:42Set your postcard
00:25:54Like music Cooper the French like music
00:25:59For 20 years we see war
00:26:03first French
00:26:04then American
00:26:06Who knows maybe Chinese next time?
00:26:10But I do not like Chinese music
00:26:19Soon our governments will sign peace treaty
00:26:24war ends
00:26:26poof
00:26:27The POWs disappear get to the point. I had kind of a rough day. I know I want you Cooper
00:26:34Now if you go to Hanoi
00:26:36You to disappear
00:26:45You know Cooper I
00:26:48Have relatives in Miami Beach
00:26:50Is that no interesting?
00:26:53We could be neighbors. Okay, you're talking about a different part of town
00:26:58Maybe I go there too
00:27:02Maybe you helped me
00:27:04Maybe you not disappear
00:27:06We could both be free
00:27:08both go to America
00:27:11You are my prisoner until we cross the American lines not without the other prisoners. They're not your problem
00:27:18Your problem is to save your own life. That doesn't work
00:27:23Everybody goes home. They stay here. Oh, yeah
00:27:27Anybody just kill me right now
00:27:29I'll be goddamn sure I'm gonna kill you later
00:27:40You ain't no position to bargain you think it over already here
00:27:48No deal
00:27:52I
00:28:22I
00:28:37Supply trucks not supposed to get here until tonight
00:28:52Oh
00:29:23No
00:29:46Really very simple Cooper you can see now that you have no choice
00:29:51You will be my prisoner until we reach American lines
00:29:54Then I will be your prisoner and you will take me to Saigon then both of us are free
00:30:00Maybe I see you in America only with the rest of the prisoners
00:30:05Have you learned nothing here Cooper? I could kill them all right now and you too. How bad do you want to get to America?
00:30:13It's
00:30:1650 miles to the border and then who knows how far to American lines
00:30:22Together you and I might make it to take anyone else's suicide
00:30:28Consider the alternative I have and so must you
00:30:33When we find Sparks, I'll kill him, too
00:30:36Damn, no, they don't
00:30:43You don't have much time to decide captain Ben the officers from Hanoi will be here tomorrow pick me up
00:30:49That's right here comes one dumb motherfucker
00:31:20I
00:31:32Deal all
00:31:40Don't bargain for me goddamn you Cooper you hear me
00:31:49You
00:32:08You win we all leave now
00:32:20You
00:32:30What do you think we are now, it's got
00:32:34Aspirations, I don't know exactly where we are
00:32:39And it would come 32 clicks since we left the camp I can tell you that much 32 that's my opinion Edward yes
00:32:49I
00:33:02Don't know what's just a hero up front. He's the one playing Vince game the border is very close Cooper
00:33:13But do not forget if you do not cooperate then poke your man will disappear
00:33:19You see Cooper you have many men on the truck. I have many explosives
00:33:25under the tanker
00:33:49Listen Cooper's bringing us home. That's all that matters. Yeah Cooper's bringing us home
00:33:57The Hanoi Hill saving your ass sparks, which is more than you deserve
00:34:02So you're part of this team whether you want to be or not yeah, right yeah, right
00:34:08I
00:34:10Don't know what you're talking about
00:34:12I
00:34:42I
00:35:12I
00:35:42Oh
00:36:05What the hell is going down
00:36:12Oh
00:36:42Oh
00:37:12Oh
00:37:42Oh
00:38:12Oh
00:38:42Oh
00:39:12Oh
00:39:42You
00:40:03Get out we're all in this together sports going back to the bridge
00:40:10Fuck you Cooper
00:40:20In one minute your man will die oh
00:40:23You play by his rules now, huh?
00:40:27Don't worry about it sparks. You're gonna shoot do it now
00:40:31I
00:40:36Really a pathetic son-of-a-bitch sparks you screw anybody to save your own worthless hide
00:41:01Oh
00:41:08Save it. He's not dead yet. We don't shoot wounded men
00:41:12You got a better plan colonel we go back as if nothing had happened. You don't do anything until I tell you
00:41:31Oh
00:41:52Taking a nap
00:42:01Oh
00:42:31Oh
00:43:01Come on
00:43:23Justin I'm gonna check the rear
00:43:26Oh
00:43:30There's a whole NBA army right behind us
00:43:34Adams, I want you to read this for my fucking grenade cover him sergeant. This is what I'm talking about Adams
00:43:43Hurry up from the other side
00:43:55Oh
00:44:09Hey, we're Scotty what
00:44:25You know what you're doing, right
00:44:37Lee yeah, let's get out of here. Come on
00:44:55Oh
00:45:25Oh
00:45:52When did you start getting religious bark
00:45:55Get whatever I can
00:45:57Look, what are we gonna do?
00:46:00Go to Saigon's bound to be crawling with refugees. We head for the coast
00:46:04There's gonna be choppers waiting at bond tire 1500 hours tomorrow to lift us off
00:46:25I
00:46:39Look it's a river right? We should be able to find a couple of boats around here somewhere. I
00:46:45Can jump it with the Jeep you and Johnson you guys can swim across
00:46:50Cooper why don't you just walk across the water? I don't feel like getting my feet wet
00:46:55Let's look for the boat
00:46:58I'll go with you Colonel
00:47:20Get out of the Jeep Johnson stay with me
00:47:25I
00:47:27I
00:47:53Keep an eye on Justin
00:47:57I
00:48:27I
00:48:40It's cool they didn't spot us
00:48:49Is that a private stash of community property our captain Finn stole it from the prisoners
00:48:55He must have taken the gold bars from our secret agents
00:49:00We're taking it home
00:49:02Maybe the army can figure out who it belongs to why the rucksack
00:49:07Because sparks knows about it, too
00:49:10Surprise you already hasn't tried to rip it off
00:49:12Yeah, well, it'll be safe here until we come back with the boat
00:49:25I
00:49:34Went off around that bin
00:49:40Here Adams watch sparks for me while I'm gone, okay Lee great
00:49:48Like to find everybody here and in one piece when I expect
00:49:56I
00:50:16Well, there's the boats what do you think he's the cake
00:50:25Oh
00:50:38Get under the cat
00:50:55I
00:51:26I
00:51:33Gonna hurt you
00:51:36That's such a load off my mind, you know all day I've been racked with fear check out the moon
00:51:42Yeah, I can't see the moon without my glasses
00:51:47You know that relaxes my mind so much that I think one of us should maybe get some sleep
00:51:55Drop your weapon
00:52:09Bring me the gold
00:52:25I
00:52:56James
00:53:03Charlie
00:53:11Hold on it's the old man
00:53:18Where'd you guys go last night what happened here then was here
00:53:22Fan yeah sparks got away
00:53:52I
00:54:22I
00:54:34This is what I joined the army for it's paradise here
00:54:42Man I tell you these coconuts are delicious
00:54:49Like the perfect food so nutritious it's amazing
00:54:53Oddly enough it likes vitamin C though right Adams your bananas
00:54:57Bananas on the other hand are chock-full of vitamin C potassium all kinds of good stuff for you
00:55:03Adams is there anything that you don't know? Yes
00:55:08How to find a date with a girl with mammary glands the size of Buick's
00:55:14Well, look here, ma'am. You hang with me when we go back to the States and I'll show you how
00:55:19Hold you to that. You got it
00:55:22Oh
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00:57:22I
00:57:52Oh
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00:59:52I
00:59:57Don't know who is the 11th president of the United States?
01:00:09Question the valid question
01:00:11Is that an easier one
01:00:21What was his division
01:00:25101st Airborne Hendricks screaming Eagle all the way
01:00:36Purple haze are you experienced man?
01:00:38This was the answer
01:00:41American incredible, where the hell'd you guys come from? It's a long story. It's unbelievable
01:00:49Now we're trying to get to bone tie by tomorrow to catch some choppers out of here
01:00:53Where you guys from radar Hill about five clicks east of here. Where's the rest of your unit?
01:00:58I'm if any of them are still alive Charlie's got him trapped down on that goddamn Hill
01:01:01So what are you doing here trying to find our lines get some help radio got shot the shit in the division thinks we've been wiped
01:01:07out
01:01:37Oh
01:02:02Shut it
01:02:08Oh
01:02:20And the bottle
01:02:37Oh
01:03:07Oh
01:03:37Oh
01:04:07Oh
01:04:37Come on hey, what's wrong with you?
01:05:07Oh
01:05:13Get off me you fucking whore
01:05:31What's your name? Hey, what's your name?
01:05:37Oh
01:05:44Just leave me alone, okay
01:05:53Fuck
01:06:07You
01:06:37Oh
01:07:00Quit shoot me be doing me a favor. Where's my gold?
01:07:07Give it to me Spock's
01:07:09You want it?
01:07:12Cooper's got it
01:07:16I'll be the only colonel with a sack of gold long time
01:07:31And those fucking boots pin us down on the hill
01:07:34So we dug in deep tell me how many men were there on that hill I told you sir ten or so
01:07:40I guess not kind of communications. How do you know they were all dead?
01:07:44They gotta be sir. There's no way that anybody can withstand that battle sergeant
01:07:50Get ready to move us out
01:07:53We're to come gotta get those men off that hill we will never make it to Bonti on time that's suicide sir
01:08:00There's nothing we can do
01:08:03You gotta get those guys out of there, and you know it with what?
01:08:13Everybody goes home is a slogan. It's not a religion speak for yourself
01:08:30Cooper we're not coming with you
01:08:34Cooper
01:08:39Cooper you can't do it on your own
01:08:4424 hours after the signing of the agreement a ceasefire will take effect throughout South Vietnam
01:08:50The u.s.. Will stop all this military activities and end the bombing and mining in North Vietnam
01:08:56Within 60 days there will be a total withdrawal from South Vietnam of the u.s.. And Allied troops and military personnel
01:09:04troops military personnel
01:09:06armaments munitions or war material for the provisional revolutionary government
01:09:11Saigon government will be reintroduced into South Vietnam
01:09:15except for replacing the material worn out after the ceasefire and then only on a
01:09:22basis the u.s.. Will not continue
01:09:29Some guys stealing your bike
01:09:33Simultaneously with the u.s..
01:09:43We only have three hours to get to Bonti if we miss those choppers, there's the road down there
01:09:49There's gonna be trucks right I
01:09:52Don't think we can walk to Bonti in three hours neither can Cooper
01:09:57Shit Lee not you too. God damn it. We're gonna miss the choppers
01:10:01Radar hills
01:10:04Kind of on the way. I hope this heroic shit's not contagious
01:10:32Hey, he's American man. Hey
01:10:41She comes to the left
01:11:01I
01:11:32Three seventeen three seventeen, this is Dover over
01:11:43317 this is Dover over
01:12:01I
01:12:31I
01:13:02Are you Colonel Jim Cooper 101st Airborne you bring any help just this well, that's wonderful
01:13:11Get your man together I'm taking you off of this hill I got
01:13:21Lost the cannons you got new orders getting out of here right now
01:13:26Okay, Tony round up the guys we'll slip out the back Jack
01:13:31Where's your escape route
01:13:55Oh
01:14:25I
01:14:55I
01:14:57I
01:15:27Fuck
01:15:57I
01:16:27Oh
01:16:57Oh
01:17:27Oh
01:17:42What kept you you ugly dog you takes time organizing these things I knew you'd make a bag
01:17:51Hey, come on man, you're gonna wrinkle my uniform
01:17:57Come on
01:18:01Like you could use some help Colonel use all the help I can get
01:18:11If you left something behind
01:18:18I left a good job in the city
01:18:23Working for the man
01:18:27But I never lost a minute
01:18:36Big wheel keep on turning
01:18:57I
01:19:27I
01:19:57I
01:20:27I
01:20:36Did you with me
01:20:57I
01:21:27I
01:21:57I
01:22:11Said
01:22:18Where is the gold Cooper? No, no
01:22:27Give me the hand grenades stay where you are
01:22:36Gold or you all stay here
01:22:44Just hand me the grenades and I'll give you the gold I told you Cooper you're in no position to bargain
01:22:57I
01:23:27I
01:23:34Be damned
01:23:39Sparks you dumb bastard
01:23:43Everybody goes home right colonel. Yeah, everybody goes home
01:23:57I'm
01:24:02Right Adams
01:24:27Oh
01:24:57I
01:24:59I
01:25:01I
01:25:26Didn't think we'd make it weren't the only one
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01:29:01You