" [Whistle Blows]" " Move out.!" " Yes, Sergeant.!" " I want to see some sweat.!" " Yes, Sergeant.!" " I want to see some mud on them boots.!" " Yes, Sergeant.!" " Private Carmichael." " Definitely Carmichael." " He didn't do so hot on the swim test." " Yeah, but Brown's gonna wash out." " You think?" " No doubt." " Go.!" "Come on.!" "Over the wall now.!" " Brown's from the Air Cav." "He's only Ranger qualified." " [Jonas] Is that so?" " [Whistle Blows] - [Man] Go.!" " Indeed." " Go.!" " Over that wall now.!" " [Jonas] Schoolhouse Ranger?" "That ain't good." "Oh!" "[Groans]" "[Jonas] Blue 6,you all right?" "[Echoing] Soldier down.!" "[Groans]" "Ilona!" "[Grunting]" "[Gasping]" "Ilona!" "Ilona!" "Ilona, wake up." "Come on." "Come on." "Ilona." "Come on." "Wake up." " Come on." "Ilona!" " [Speaking Foreign Language]" "It's okay." "It's okay." "Stay still!" " Stop!" "Stay still." "It's okay." " [Screams]" "[Whimpers]" "What month is this?" "November." "And what are you doing here?" " I'm a translator." "I'm going to translate." " Going to?" " I already translated." " Okay." "And how long have we known each other?" "Two days." " Who am I?" " My hip is broken, not my head." " [Whimpers]" " Too tight?" " Better." " Do you hurt anywhere else?" "It hurts everywhere." " You have blood on your face." " [Gasps]" "It's nothing." "Nobody knows where we are." "I did as you said at the airfield." "I gave them the wrong destination." " No, no." "My people know we're here." " You radioed them?" " Yes." " To tell them you were returning early?" "Yes." "I remember." "I remember you started to radio them." "[Shivering] Then the helicopter went down." "Are you sure the signal went through?" "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday!" "This is Flight 31." "We've crashed in the northern Koryak Mountains." "There are two survivors." "We need medical assistance." "Over." " [Clattering]" " Mayday, Mayday, Mayday." "This is Flight 31." "We've crashed in the northern Koryak Mountains." "There are two survivors." "We need medical assistance." "Over." "## [Call And Response]" "## [Singing Ends]" "In my bag I have a cell phone." " It's gone." " Are you sure?" " It's very small." " Trust me." "All our gear is gone." "All we have left is this knife, my sidearm and some headphones." "And whatever you've got in your pockets." "I have a bus schedule." "It's paper." "I'll take it." "[Speaks Foreign Language]" "Candy." " Here." " [Chuckles]" "No, thanks." "Save it for later." "Did you do something up there?" "[Wind Whistling]" "Did I do something?" "In the helicopter, while we were flying." "I don't understand." "Was it something that I did that brought the helicopter down?" " No." "I was fighting to keep it up." " Why did we crash?" "From the moment it comes off the assembly line... all that machine wants to do is kill you." "This is like camping." "Do you camp where you're from?" "No." "I hate camping." "Well, then we better get you out of here." " Will we?" " Most absolutely." " Here." " No, it's okay." " Oh." " Better?" "Mmm." "Thank you." "Okay, okay." " [Kim] You'll be gone how long?" " Could be a day, two months or anywhere in between." " Colonel Napo told you that?" " Uh-huh." "And you can't wait a week for Serena's birthday?" "I'm supposed to report at Fort Griffith at 0600 hours tomorrow." "And Colonel Napo didn't tell you what you were trying out for?" " Nope." " He must've given you a hint." "Kim, you know everything I do." "Where's my kit bag?" "But that's crazy." "What if it's some sort of suicide squad?" "Well, then I'll respectfully withdraw." " And law school?" " Well, the world is always gonna need lawyers." " It's just on hold a little longer." " Found it." "Yeah?" "Thank you." " You want to do this?" " Napo said I'd be perfect for it." "That doesn't mean you have to go." " No, I don't have to go." "I want to go." " 'Cause it's a challenge." "Well, yeah." " Hey, don't be upset." " I'm not." "Look, if I get accepted, we can make the decision together." " And law school?" " What?" "And law school." "You never wanted to go." "That's true, right?" "I thought that it would make you happy." "Baby, you ain't gonna make me happy making yourself miserable." " Look, I might not even get into this unit." " Yes, you will." " Look, I might not even get into this unit." " Yes, you will." "Because the man I married has never, ever not gotten what he set his sights on." "All you boys about to learn something new in the next couple days and weeks." "Can anyone guess what that is?" "State your name, rank and company." "Sergeant Robert Edison, Charlie Company, 1 st Ranger Battalion, sir!" "Oh, the wide world has heard about you, Sergeant Edison." " You hold the speed record for rappelling in your squadron." " Yes, sir!" "And I see your partner in the Best Ranger competition back there, Sgt. Carmichael." "Hoo-ah, sir!" "You two placed second in the games last year." "Ain't that right?" " No, sir!" "We won." " My apologies." "What do you think you're gonna learn here, Sergeant Edison?" " How to be the best soldier in the United States Army, sir!" " Wrong." "Take your seat." "Anyone else?" "What you will learn here in Selection is failure.!" "I know what you're thinking." "That lunatic Ryan has no idea who he's talking to." "But let me assure you I do." "You may be the belle of your battalion and the homecoming queen, but we got" "How many have we got going through this time, Sergeant Major?" "122." "122 of you handpicked for this round of Selection." "All of you the most likely to succeed." " You remember Sergeant Danvers?" " Sir, I surely do." "Why don't you tell these boys about Sergeant Danvers?" "Danvers came to us after serving three years in the Rangers... five years Special Forces." "Multiple combat medals, including the Distinguished Service Cross." "He washed out his second day here." " And we had such high hopes for him." " I met Danvers once." "You." "Stand up, will you?" " Sir!" " What were you saying?" "I was told, sir, Sergeant Danvers was never the same after he failed Selection!" "That's because we broke his heart." "122 of you... and I'll dress up like Bambi if eight of you make it through." "Hell, if six of you pass muster, I'll dress up like Bambi and his mom." "Tell 'em why it's so hard, Sergeant Major." "Because it is our job to make you fail." "You heard him." "We're gonna weed out the weak." "This is not a training course." "So here's your handy guide." "Everything you do is an individual effort." "You will assist no other candidate." "You will not accept assistance." "Daily instructions will be given." "Pay attention!" "Read nothing into the instructions that is not stated!" "Those of you who fail to live up to corps standards will be removed." "If at any time... you no longer wish to continue with the Selection course... inform a cadre member of your desire to withdraw." "You will immediately be returned to your parent unit." "Questions." " Have a good 'un." " Crew, atten-hut!" "Is that the best you can do?" "Hell, my 90-year-old grandma can move faster than that, and she's dead." " Must be a mistake." " There's no mistake, soldier." "But I don't understand why I'm being dismissed." "Failure to meet the prescribed time standard on the two-mile run." "But you haven't told us what the time standard is." " Well, they'll tell you on the bus ride out." " Push it.!" "Push it.!" "Push it.!" "You were instructed to carry 40 pounds in your ruck." "As far as I can tell, your ruck's empty." "Today's your lucky day 'cause I happen to have 40 pounds right here." "You can carry this and your ruck for the rest of the day." "Yes, Sergeant!" "Blue 6, Red 2, show me what's in your rucks." "[Man] All right, I want to see you crawl in that dirt.!" "Wait!" "Blue 6, what were today's instructions?" "Formation: 0600 hours." "Uniform:" "Boots, fatigues, 40-pound rucksack." "Meals:" "One M.R.E." "Stop!" "Repeat that last instruction." "Meals:" "One M.R.E." "Did you think that meant one M.R.E. For the entire day, that we're trying to starve you?" " Yes, Sergeant Major." " Red 2, have you understood the instructions?" " Yes, Sergeant Major." " Would you explain them to the other candidate?" "One M.R.E. For each meal." "Breakfast, lunch and dinner- that's three." "Well, you're wrong, Red 2, and you're out." "Blue 6,you may proceed." "[Whistle Echoing]" "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday." "This is Flight 31." "Over." "[Static Crackling]" "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday." "This is Flight 31." "Over." "[Static Continues]" " I think I found a signal." " You can talk to the airfield?" "No." "It won't reach." "There's not enough power." "But I think we can reach something closer, like a- like a plane flying overhead." "Okay, look... if you see a plane... push this button and talk, okay?" "Practice a couple times." "Just don't touch any of the knobs." " Where are you going?" " I'm going for higher ground." " Why?" " So I can see where we are." "[Mack, Echoing] He's back.!" "What are you, mister?" "What are you?" "A cold sore?" "You keep coming back." "I thought we cured you." "[Jonas] Took quite a spill there, son." "Can you sit up?" "Uh-huh." "[Groaning]" " How do you feel?" " Okay." " That's a shame." " Do you require medical attention?" " Cut's pretty bad." "You might need a few stitches." " Okay." " Is that what you want?" "See a doctor?" " Uh-huh." "So you're requesting a medical withdrawal?" "Is that correct, soldier?" "You can have immediate medical attention." "But if you do, you formally withdraw from Selection." "Do you understand me?" " Yeah." " Yes, you're withdrawing?" " No, I want to stay." " You're dying, son." " Wise move would be to withdraw." " I want to stay." " What are these?" " Steri-Strips." "Hold your chin together." "In case you haven't noticed, you're still on the clock." "You got an 18-mile road march to complete." "## [Man Singing On Radio]" "[Men Laughing]" "No, no, no, no." "The best steak in the world is in Buenos Aires." " True story." " Blue 6 checking in." "Roger, Blue 6." "Want us to lay a cold one on you?" " Sure." " How do you like your burgers?" "Medium rare." "Thought you said you wanted a beer." "You voluntarily withdraw from Selection right now, you're welcome to join the party." "If you want to stay, keep going another 30 meters." "Another cadre member will give you instructions." " ## [Singing Continues] - [Squawking]" "[Squawking]" "[Squawking Continues]" "[Groaning]" "We'll need to boil this." "Get the fire going again." " [Grunts]" " What's wrong?" "Oh, nothing." "I just" " I just bruised a rib." "I was thinking this might make a great story one day." " Are you married?" " No." "No." "You?" "Yes." "Georgi." "And we have son, Ivan." " How old?" " He just turned six." "We had a party for him." "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday." "This is Flight 31." "Over." "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday." "This is Flight 31." "Over." "Did they hear you?" "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday." "Is anyone there?" "[Frustrated Sigh]" "Battery's dead." "Okay." "Just" "There you go." "Ooh, ooh." "Okay." " Okay?" " [Coughing]" " Thank you." " All right." "I'm gonna go get some more firewood and try to find us some food." "Wait a minute." "If you have to go for help" "You think I'm just gonna walk off?" "What?" "Do you need some privacy or something?" " I'm afraid I'm keeping you here." " Well, get over it." "The best plan is to stay near the crash site and wait for rescue." "It's not a good idea to leave unless you know where you're going." "You choose the wrong direction, and you're dead." "[Barking]" "[Whimpering, Animal Running]" "Red 4!" "Blue 6!" "Roger, Red 4, Blue 6." "You are now entering a combat zone." "You must each seek out and eliminate six hostiles." "You have eight rounds." "Go." ""No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy... until it is ripe for execution. "" " Red 4, who said these words?" " Machiavelli." "Blue 6, who is Machiavelli?" "A statesman and political philosopher in Florence." " When?" " Fifteenth and 16th centuries." "You're in hostile territory, on a mission." "You come across an old shepherd." "You cannot leave him behind because he may compromise your position." "Do you take him along with you, tie him up or kill him?" " Kill him." " Tie him up!" " And what if your teammate wants you to kill him?" " As I said, tie him up!" "Red 4, Blue 6, move on.!" "[Jonas] This is a weapons assembly test." "In front of you, you have parts for five guns." "Use all the parts." "Assemble them as quickly as you can." "Go." "[Metal Rattling]" "Stop!" "Time." "Remove your goggles." "Red 4, is something wrong?" " No, but" " But what?" "Well, I have five guns, but I have parts left over." " And what might you think that means?" " I don't know." "Did you make a mistake during assembly?" "Did you forget some pieces perhaps?" "Are you confident that you assembled five guns correctly?" " L" " I believe" " Did you assemble the guns correctly?" "Yes or no?" "No." "Blue 6, how many weapons did you assemble?" " Seven." " And why did you assemble seven guns?" "You told us to use all the pieces." " You were told there were five guns." " There are." "Then how did you take five and make seven?" "With respect, sir, add two." "Green 1, Red 1, Blue 6, you may proceed." "Everyone else, report to Out Processing." "I'm lost, man." "They got me taking this crazy route." "Hey, come on." "There's no one around." "Give me your map." "All right, look." "You're right here." "Walk along that ridge two clicks, you'll come to an abandoned well." "Head due west." "They got us crisscrossing all this terrain." " Could use a damn road." " Yeah." " Hey, you have any food left?" " [Thunder Rumbling]" "I wouldn't ask, man, but I'm dying here." "Ah, yeah." "Thanks." "I owe you, man." "All right?" "Good luck." "You gotta be kidding me, man!" "Pruitt!" "Pruitt!" "Ilona!" "Ilo" " Ilona!" "Ilona, are you all right?" "The wind knocked everything down." "I tried to find cover." " Okay." "We can't stay here." "We gotta find some shelter." " Where?" "[Gasps]" "Okay?" "Okay." "Up." "Head up." "Pruitt.!" " Pruitt, you there?" " I'm here!" " You okay?" " I'm stuck!" " What happened?" " Slipped." "I got pinned down when I tried to climb up." "[Grunting] It's too slippery." "I can't get any traction." "Push it or something, man." "Come on." "[Grunts]" "It's too heavy." "I gotta go for help." "No." "We're both gonna get kicked out, man." "Just pull, and I'll push." "On three." "One, two, three!" " Wait." "I think it's moving." " [Grunts]" "Ah!" "Crap!" "[Grunting]" "It's too heavy." "Go for help." "I voluntarily withdraw." "You sure?" "Yeah." "Say whatever you need to protect yourself, man." "No reason you should get punished for helping me." "[Grunting] Look, hurry, man!" "I don't want to drown out here!" "[Ilona] The rain has stopped." "[Gasping]" "I'll set more traps tomorrow." "And don't worry." "I'm sure there are a lot of people out there looking for us right now." "Why did this happen?" ""Y" is a crooked letter." "Nobody ever got it straight." "My poor husband and son." "What would I give to see them again?" "I understand." "You can't know." "If you're not married, you can't." "Yeah." "I'm married." "I have a family." " Before you said" " I know what I said before." "What's your wife's name?" "Kim." "Do you have any children?" "I have a six-year-old daughter and a baby boy." "If we get out ofhere, I would very much like to meet your family." " Mm-hmm." " And you can meet Georgi and Ivan." "Yeah." "We'll all get together and we'll have a picnic." "I'll bring a covered dish." "[Laughing]" "You've been doing your homework." " Steven?" " Mm-hmm?" "I can't feel my hands or feet anymore." " Blue 6." " Roger, Blue 6." "Pruitt." "Green 1" " He's hurt." "Where?" "[Panting]" " On the ridge, 20 kilometers back." " What happened?" "I don't know." "He's trapped." "He pinned his foot under a tree." "Ilona." "Ilona." "You have hypothermia." "I need you to stay awake." "Can you recite something?" "Huh?" "What?" "I need you to recite something for me." "A poem or something." "Okay?" "All right." "I'm gonna go get some more wood and set some more traps." "I'll be back before that fire is out." "Let's hear it." "Come on." "[Murmuring In Foreign Language]" " [Murmuring Continues] - [Jonas] You passed Sgt. Pruitt on the course." " Did you speak to him?" " No." " Then what?" " We both moved on." "And it started to rain after a couple minutes." " I looked back to see where he was, and he was gone." " Why?" " Why?" " Why did you look back?" " Couldn't tell you." "Instinct, I guess." " Were you concerned for him?" "No." "Not then anyway." "I got worried when I looked back and I couldn't see his VS-17 panel." " [Mack] Because?" " Pruitt's a top Ranger." " Didn't you think he might be over the ridge already?" " No." "That was unlikely." " Why?" " When I passed him earlier, he seemed exhausted." " How could you tell?" " He looked that way." "Why?" "What did Pruitt say?" " What he said is irrelevant." " So you were concerned." "Then what?" " I went back to check on him." " To offer him assistance." " To see where he was." " [Jonas] And that's when you found him?" " Trapped under a tree, yes." " And then what did you do?" "I ran to the R.V. To get you." "I just got word from the hospital." "Sergeant Pruitt's dead." "[Ryan] Did you or did you not offer assistance to Sergeant Pruitt?" " I did." " When?" "When I passed him on the course and again when I found him trapped." "Why'd you lie about it?" "You lied about it to a cadre member." "Why?" "Because it is against the rules of Selection to offer or accept assistance." "Knowing you violated the rules, why'd you leave a man to die?" "I didn't leave him to die." "He didn't look that bad." "I left him to go for help." "I ran all the way to the R. V." "Seems he did finish within the time standard." "That's impressive." "You completed your mission." "But you left a man to die." "Which makes me wonder, Sergeant Brown- are you always so selfish?" " Pardon?" " Seems your desire to be in this Unit... led you both to lie and to put the completion of your task... above the welfare of another soldier." " In my opinion, Sgt. Pruitt's death is your fault." " He didn't look that bad." "I'm sure his widow's gonna be thrilled to hear that." "What do the other boys say?" "According to the report... candidate Brown is not held in high regard." "Huh." "It seems your peers think you're a piss-poor soldier." "How do you like that?" "I'm the best soldier of the bunch, and they can kiss my ass." " Knowing Pruitt died, would you have changed your actions?" " No, sir." "I'll ask you again." "Knowing the results of your actions, would you have acted differently?" " No, sir." " No, sir, you don't care about Selection?" " Yes, sir, I do." " But what?" "But I had a mission to complete, and I completed it." "You're one coldhearted snake, son." "What do you say to that?" " No excuses, sir." " Then you admit you left a man to die?" "They taught me at Ranger School that my first responsibility is to complete my mission." "The second is to protect my team." "If I cannot do both, I will complete my mission." "You think being a Ranger and Ranger School's the same thing, son?" "What if I told you, because of your mind-set, you're out of Selection?" "Since that's what you're telling me, then fine." "I'm out." "[Static Crackling]" "[Garbled Voices]" "[Garbled Voices]" "Ilona." "Ilona!" "Ilona, we're leaving." "I built a radio receiver." "I picked up a local radio signal." " You said stay here." "It was best idea." " Yes, yes." "It usually is, unless you know which way to go." "All right." "Now I have to move you, okay?" "So... put your arms around my neck." " I can't." " Hold on." " [Grunting] - [Whimpering]" "I know." "[Grunting, Screams]" "[Grunts, Panting]" "Okay." "Here you go." "I don't understand." "It wasn't your fault." " But they can still charge me with contributory negligence." " Which is ridiculous." " Not to the army." " Well, I wouldn't stand for it." "This is completely unfair." "A man is dead, Kim." "Try telling his wife how unfair it all is." "Look, I'm not trying to be callous... but you did everything you were supposed to do to save him." " That's irrelevant." " And look how they made you doubt yourself." "The truth is, they killed him by what they put him through." " Perhaps." " There's no perhaps about it." "Would you do anything differently now?" "L" "No." "Well, in that case, if this is something you still care about, go back and fight." "Fight to be reinstated." "What's on your mind?" " I've been screwed over, and I think you know it." " Do I?" "I left Sergeant Pruitt to finish my task and- and to go for help." "Would I have let him die had a real mission been on the line?" "You're damn right I would've because that's what I was trained to do." "But the circumstances were different." "I left Pruitt to aid him." "So what?" "You want a medal for good intentions?" "I want you to speak with Colonel Ryan to reinstate me back into Selection." "Hate to break it to you, son, but Selection is over." "Then I think someone owes me an apology." "How long you been in the army, boy?" "Hey, Mack." "Sergeant Brown here wants an apology for being mistreated." "Okay." "Sorry you were mistreated." "Feel better now?" "This ain't no book club, Brown." "If you want to be coddled and petted, you better go home and see your wife." " How did he die?" " Who?" " Pruitt." " Oh, you want to know how Pruitt died." "Infection?" "Kidney failure?" "Heart attack?" "Because when I left him, he had a broken leg... maybe." "How did he die?" " He didn't die." " What?" "He was discharged from the hospital yesterday." "He's back at Fort Benning now." "You lied to me?" "Well, yeah." "You let me feel personally responsible?" "How 'bout that?" "Does that make you sad?" "Our job is to make you fail." "Only the few that get by us are fit to be in the Unit." "You think I'm gonna put my life in the hands of someone I can outsmart... someone who's gonna fold when things get a little dicey?" "How many got in?" "I don't think that's any of your concern." "Four." "Can you tell me who?" "You got that list of those we're supposed to notify?" " Gruninger." " Gruninger?" "I ran laps around him." " He listened to Colonel Ryan." "You didn't." " Colonel Ryan?" "What" "What did Colonel Ryan say?" ""What if I told you, because of your mind-set, you were out of Sel"" "It was a question." "[Chuckles]" "It was a question, not a statement." "I took myself out." "Oh, is that what you did?" "Mmm." "No one accepted my withdrawal." "No one said it was accepted, and" " And I completed the course, so" " I'm listening." "So I just passed Selection?" "You have now." "Welcome to the Unit." "[Panting]" "[Grunting]" "[Static Crackling]" "## [Man Singing]" "[Shivering]" "Ilona?" "Ilona." "[Grunting]" "[Woman Crying]" "[Crying Continues]" "[Sniffles]" "I'm sorry." "You're too late." " Too late?" " Bob's gone." "Honey, I'm right" " I'm right here." "He was in the Unit, you know." "They're giving him a special award." " Why?" " For showing such bravery before he died." " But" " And you know what the hardest thing is?" "This... terrible thought... that I" " I can't get out of my head- is I know Bob didn't want to come home... because he always got... whatever he wanted." " No, Kim." " [Crying]" "Kim." "No, don't." "Don't cry, please." "Please don't cry." "[Wind Whistling]" "[Grunts]" "[Grunting]" "Ilona." "Ilona?" "[Grunts]" "Ilona." "[Gasps]" "## [Call And Response]" "## [Singing Ends]"