"[Music playing]" "FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "I go back there every night without fail." "The events will happen all over again." "I know it isn't real, but the terror is real." "It's part of me now, and I can't escape it." "Everything is exactly as I remember" "It, the same jungle, the same paths, the same victims." "We were sent to Da Nang, on routine search" "And seizure patrols." "We'd enter villages and interrogate prisoners." "Me and Colby always scouted ahead to warn if there" "Was any guerrilla activity." "But something happened." "I can't remember what." "It all looks the same." "I can't tell one place from another." "Somehow I've got to get back." "[Distant gunfire]" "This place looks familiar." "I've been here before." "Colby!" "Jackson!" "FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "I knew it wasn't them." "And now they know I'm onto it." "I don't know how long he's been following me." "I don't know who he is." "I only know he wants to kill me." "I remember her face so clearly... here eyes and mouth." "She's so beautiful." "And yet why is she trying to destroy me?" "She's leading them against me." "[Shout]" "I keep telling myself, she's just a girl." "The pressure!" "No, she's the enemy." "I have to kill her." "I'm just a kid." "I can't take it anymore!" "[Gunfire]" "I'm a hero." "God help me." "[Screaming]" "He's hungry." "There's no more food." "[Inaudible]." "I can't take much more of this." "Much more of what?" "This." "Living like rats." "I'm starving." "The baby's starving." "So I'm hungry too." "Then do something about it." "What do you want me to do?" "Get a job." "There are no jobs." " Look for one." " I am." "It's not just me." "It's the whole country." "Well, the country manages to eat." "You roam the streets like a zombie." "You're not looking for a job." "You're waiting for the world to end." "Hey, that should be any day now." "Go ahead, make jokes." "But it's true." "You don't care about us." "You're off on another planet somewhere." "It's not fair." "It's just not fair." "[Baby crying]" "Get him out of here!" "We need a doctor for him." "It's not right the way he's always crying." "He never stops." "Hey, I can't afford to feed him." "How am I going to pay a doctor?" "Listen to him." "He's your son." "Oh, don't hand me that." "Only you could have created this." "Bullshit!" "They said it was inconclusive." "Well, what did you expect them to say?" "You knew what it was like out there." "You knew what you were exposed to." "You didn't tell me." "Well, what was I gonna tell you?" "They didn't tell us nothing." "And they wouldn't spray their own men." "Oh, listen to GI Joe." "[Gunfire]" "MAN (VOICEOVER):" "Frankie!" "Frankie!" "Come back!" "Do you live in a barn?" "Hey, we got some milk left." "WOMAN (VOICEOVER):" "Occupant." "After repeated correspondence, you" "Have chosen to remain delinquent concerning your rent." "This situation is no longer tolerable," "And therefore your lease has been voided." "Vacate the premises by 6:00 PM." "A failure to do so will result in your arrest." "[Music playing]" "How long has he been in captivity, doctor?" "Two years." "He's lucky he's not a vegetable." "Not too much physical damage." "Can't remember anything, though." "Look at those marks on his arm." "FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "What does she expect me to do?" "It's not my fault things are like this." "I mean, what happened?" "This isn't supposed to happen here." "Something fucked up." "You know, today is one of those days when anything" "That can go wrong does." "All right, Frankie." "Where you been, huh, fucker?" "You've been avoiding me, but now I want my money." "I'm gonna pay you, Paco, I swear." "I just need a little more time." "You're god damn right, you're going to pay me." "What do you want, a broken arm?" "Yeah, let's break his arm." "No, Paco." "Come on, I swear." "Please, just till tomorrow." "I just need..." "Just till tomorrow." "I swear, I'll pay you then." "Come on, let me break his fucking arm." "And where you gonna get that kind of money?" "Come on, you're not going to listen to this shit." "Let him break his arm." "Come here, shit stain." "You see the position I'm in?" "If I let you get away with shit like this," "I lose the respect of my friends." "And with friends like that, I can't afford to lose respect." "It's always the same with you guys." "You know, you were happy enough to take the money." "But now you've got to pay your debts." "I just can't make the vig." "You should have thought about that before." "This ain't no charity." "Now, you listen, you get that money." "I don't care how, but you better get it." "And anything that you don't pay off your wife will work off." "You leave my wife out of this." "That little boy of yours ought to bring a nice price" "On the open market." "How old is he, a year old, and he still can't sit up?" "Yeah, he'd make a great exhibit in a freak show." "They pay extra for retards." "No shit." "Sure." "It's a delicacy to fuck retarded kids." "Top dollar, man." "You see, Frankie?" "We're gonna get the money one way or another." "Either you pay, or your family does." "Come on." "Tomorrow, Frankie." "I want the cash tomorrow." "FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "I could never" "Get the money he wants by then." "And he knows that." "He makes it impossible to pay so he can destroy me." "Well, we'll see, prick-o." "But" "[Baby crying]" "[Coughing]" "Don't move, or you're dead." "Frankie, I didn't know it was you, man." "Mike, what the fuck were you doing?" "Oh, man." "You gotta help me." "I need money bad." " I don't have anything." " Anything, man." "You gotta have something." "Man, I got nothing." "My fucking wife's home waiting for me." "She's starving." "I feel like I'm gonna explode." "I can't take it anymore." "All right, take it easy, Mike." "Come on, rest a little." "No, no." "I gotta move." "It hurts less when I'm moving." "That's right." "Cough it out." "You'll be all right." "I cough, man." "There's nothing in my system." "I haven't eaten in three days." "Mike, I thought you kicked that shit." "Yeah, tell me about..." "Tell me about it." "Yeah, I know, but what do you want me to say." "I mean, look at you." "Hey, look at you." "Who the fuck are you to be telling people how to live?" "Hey, look, do what the fuck you want." "You know, I personally don't give a shit." "Wait." "I didn't mean that, man." "I'm sorry." "Let's walk." "Just do me a favor." "Don't pull any shit with me around." "Have you seen Paco?" "Yeah, I just saw him." "He's sure been looking for me." "He's looking for everybody." "He owns everybody." "At least his family does." "You know, he wouldn't be shit if it wasn't for his brother, man." "That's the animal..." "Animal to avoid." "I never met his brother." "Well, you're lucky." "[Inaudible] fucking time of day, man." "He's a real fuck, you know that?" "One time... one time this guy was yelling at his brother, man." "I don't know, he got into an accident or something," "Ran over his fucking toe." "Hey, wait." "There's somebody." "Hey, you want a piece of this, man?" "I'll split it with you." "No, Mike." "I'll pass." "You sure?" "Mike, it's not the way to do things." "You're gonna wind up in jail." "What choices do I have?" "I'll take my chances." "I need $100 a day to survive." "Where am I gonna get money like that?" "You think I like doing this?" "I'm better off in jail." "Mike, if I get any money, I'll give you some." "[Baby crying]" "[Screaming]" "FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "Sometimes I feel" "Like I'm oozing out of my body, like I don't belong here." "And my mind forces me somewhere else." "I can't stop it because it's so real that I believe it." "I hear it." "I smell it." "I can see it." "It's so fucking cold." "Oh, god." "Now I know why they didn't kill me." "Dead?" "What... but what about other people?" "OLDER MAN (VOICEOVER):" "There are no other people." "There's only room for one at the top." "You remember that." "YOUNGER FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "I don't" "Know if I agree with that." "OLDER MAN (VOICEOVER):" "Well, you better" "Agree with that, because that's the way the world is." "YOUNGER FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "But he's my friend." "OLDER MAN (VOICEOVER):" "I don't care." "You're not to associate with his kind anymore." "YOUNGER FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "What's his kind?" "OLDER MAN (VOICEOVER):" "Cut it out." "You know what I'm talking about." "YOUNGER FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "You can't" "Judge everybody by their color." "OLDER MAN (VOICEOVER):" "Now, don't tell me how to live." "You're not going to be seen hanging around with niggers." "And you're being pig-headed." "You could be set for life." "YOUNGER FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "I don't want to be set for life." "OLDER MAN (VOICEOVER):" "That's the most" "Ridiculous thing I ever heard." "YOUNGER FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "Why?" "I don't want to do it." "I don't enjoy it." "OLDER MAN (VOICEOVER):" "Whoever said life was enjoyable?" "YOUNGER FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "I don't care." "I'm gonna marry her." "OLDER MAN (VOICEOVER):" "You better care." "She's only after the money." "YOUNGER FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "I don't have any money." "OLDER MAN (VOICEOVER):" "She wants my money!" "YOUNGER FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "That's bullshit." "She loves me." "OLDER MAN (VOICEOVER):" "You're a fool, and she's using you." "Don't you ever talk to me like that!" "YOUNGER FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "Oh, fuck you." "You're not my father." "You never were a father to me." "You're a piece of shit." "OLDER MAN (VOICEOVER):" "Don't you ever talk to me like that!" "YOUNGER FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "I'll kill you!" "FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "I can no longer" "Tell where one torture ends and the next begins." "OLDER MAN (VOICEOVER):" "I'll cut you off from everything!" "You'll starve!" "The" "What do you got for me, Mike?" "Something." "I got something good." "That's nice." "It makes business so much smoother." "Here it is." "Wait a minute." "Let me see what you're trying to pawn on me." "It's worth at least 100." "100?" "Why not 1,000?" "No, wait." "Let's make it 5,000." "What about a million?" "It's worth at least that much." "Right, asshole?" "Yeah, that's it." "It's worth a million." "It's a million." "Shut up." "What do you guys provoke him for?" "It only makes him worse." "This is costume jewelry, Mike." "It's paste." "It's shit." "It's worthless, you understand?" "I'll give you $10 for it." "Give him a 60-bag." "No, come on, Paco." "I need the 100." "Come on, I'm good for it." "I swear." "Bullshit, you are." "I need the 100." "Come on, Paco." "I swear, I'll come back." "I'll get the money." "Come on." "You'll get the 100 when you get back." "Wait." "Here, take this." "Take this." "That's worth at least $40." "I can't accept that." "This is standard police issue, man." "It can be traced anywhere." "What are you trying to do, Mike, pin your crimes on me?" "No, I swear." "Nothing." "No!" "Down." "Look, from now on, with you, it's cash on the line." "You know, Mike, with you, there are always problems." "Everyone else is cool, but with you, there's always a problem." "Do you have any hardware I could use?" "See what I mean?" "Want us to inject it for you too?" "How about if I inject it in your fucking face?" "Mike, you don't understand." "You're a fucking imbecilic pain in my fucking ass." "Now get the fuck out of my sight." "Did you give him the shit?" "Yeah, you bet." "[Music playing]" "Yo." "Got a line over here." "Get to the end of the line, you smelly bum." "I've been waiting here all day." "Bullshit." "Yo, baby." "You want to take me to Bayonne?" "[Hooting and hollering]" "Jerry?" "Jerry, Jerry." "How you doing?" "Good." "I'm here." "Do you have any hundred?" "Why do you want it, man." "Look, I mean..." " You got some..." " No, no, no." "Listen..." "Oh, you're full of shit, man." "I'm not full of shit." "Listen to me for a minute." "Listen, I just want to..." "Did you get it off Paco, because Paco owes me?" "No, no, no, no, no." "It's not what you think." "It's not what you think." "Listen to me." "Look, look, look, look, look." "It's for somebody else." "Please, give me some of it, man." "It's not for me!" "Oh, please." "Look, no." "Look at me." "I know." "I'm looking." "I'll come back, all right." "You remember when I gave you?" "Come on, Paco gives me too, man." "Paco owes me." "Shut the fuck up!" "It's not for me!" "Come on, man." "[Interposing voices]" "It's not for me." "Shut up." "Listen to me." "It's not for me, OK?" "All right?" "Listen, motherfucker." "You don't tell me to shut up." "You owe me, and I want some of it, all right?" "Would you just give me the fucking shit?" "Come on." "It's not for me." "I swear." "I swear, I'll come back." "Even if it's not for you, I can have some of it, right?" " Why!" " Bullshit." "I don't fucking lie." "Now give me it, all right?" "Sh." "Holy shit." "Please, for me." "I don't have..." "I mean, you guys owe it to me." "I don't have anything." "It's not for me." "All right?" "OK?" "All right?" "All right?" "You OK?" "Listen to me..." "Fine, man." "Listen, I wouldn't do this to you." "I wouldn't do this." "All right?" "Stay here." "No!" "I'll come back." "I'll come back." "Give me a little bit before you leave." "Let me go!" "I'll come back, I told you." "Now, stay here, all right?" "Stay here." "See?" "I'll come back." "I promise." "All right?" "OK." "You better come back, Mike." "You better come back!" "[Music playing]" "You want me to get on the end of the line, huh, Mr. Security?" "Look, pal, I don't get paid enough to take shit off you." "You want in, you get to the end." "Back of the line!" "All right, four more." "What do you mean four more?" "All day it's been five." "Got no time for this!" "Ain't got no check." "All right, five more." "[Cheering]" "[Buzzer]" "Doesn't look any better today, Frankie." "There's nothing here for you." "Some computer jobs." "An engineering apprenticeship." "I'll take it." "You can't." "They want experience." "You don't have the skill." "That's just the problem, you don't have any skill." "Isn't there anything else?" "Check again." "Life is hard, Frankie." "And because it is hard, I am compelled to remove my jacket." "The waiting list for manual labor is still two weeks long." "Why don't you go back to school, learn a trade?" "I got a family to support." "And all the Fed programs have been cut." "What do they expect me to do?" "I'm sorry." "I know." "[Knocking]" "Hey, Ray, did you see my Veg-O-Matic?" "No, I didn't touch it." "Jesus." "There's nothing I can do." "You can keep trying to come here, or you can go to Welfare." "But I doubt they'll do anything, because they're cutting back." "I don't know what else to tell you." "Tell me some good news." "It's 1:30." "FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "I can't tell how long" "I've been here, days or years." "I'm not conscious long enough to get my time oriented." "I forgot what it feels like to be home." "All right, fuck-face." "You're gonna talk, or you're gonna die." "I don't know anything." "I was lost." "I was running." "Bullshit." "What happened in the village?" "I don't know." "I can't remember." "Yeah, well, try and remember." "I can't." "Try harder." "I can't, I tell you." "I don't remember." "[Non-english speech]" "I don't know anything." "Try and remember." "Just tell me what happened." "[Non-english speech]" "I don't know." "I didn't do anything." "I didn't kill anybody." "Oh, if you didn't kill anybody, you wouldn't be here." "This isn't a golf course." "You're just making it hard on yourself." "Hey, who's side are you on?" "Oh, fuck." "Don't be a fool." "It wasn't enough to kill them." "You had to mutilate them." "No!" "My wife was in that village!" "No!" "They were slaughtered when we got there." "What do you mean?" "Before I knew what happened, the whole fucking squad" "Went crazy." "Crazy?" "Yeah, crazy." "How did they go crazy?" "I don't know." "But you said they were already dead." "How did they die before you got there?" "You've got to remember!" "Who killed them?" "Your friends?" "You?" "No!" "Then who?" "I don't know." "Yeah, they slaughtered themselves." "I can't remember." "I don't know." "No!" "[Non-english speech]" "Ow!" "Ow!" "Ow!" "Ow!" "Ow!" "Ow!" "Leave him alone." "Leave him alone!" "Ow!" "Mike!" "Mike!" "Mike!" "Mike!" "Mike!" "[Baby crying]" "FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "How could I ever call him?" "He was right about her." "He was right about everything." "And she expects him to welcome us with open arms." "What?" "[Barking]" "He'll rub it in my face." "And I've taken enough abuse for one day." "I could never call him." "He probably thinks I'm dead." "[Phone ringing]" "Hello?" "FRANKIE (ON PHONE):" "Hello." "Let me speak to Mr. Dunlan." "Who's calling, please." "FRANKIE (ON PHONE):" "Tell him it's a personal matter." "One second, please." "What does he mean personal business?" "I don't have any personal business." "I don't know." "That's what he said." "Probably just another collection agency." "Call me when you're through." "Hello?" "FRANKIE (ON PHONE):" "Hello, Dad." "Who is this?" "This is Frankie." "MR. DUNLAN (ON PHONE):" "Frankie who?" "Your son, Frankie." "Who is this?" "Dad, it's me." "What is this, some sort of a joke?" "My son is dead." "He died in Saigon." "FRANKIE (ON PHONE):" "They thought I was dead." "I was only separated from my squad and taken prisoner." "No, it can't be." "FRANKIE (ON PHONE):" "It is, Dead." "After our release, I was committed" "To a hospital for three years." "What's that?" "It's morphine." "It'll help relieve the pain." "But I'm not in any pain." "Well, then it's doing its job, isn't it?" "But I'm OK now." "I have a certificate from the government." "But they never found my body." "I know you recognize my voice." "They say your body was destroyed in a massacre." "It wouldn't be the first time they were wrong." "Come on, Dad." "You know it's me." "Why?" "After all these years, you've come back to haunt me." "I'm not here to haunt you." "It's hard to explain." "I need help." "We can't make it out here." "I've been out of work for four months." "We have no food, no anything." "We're being thrown into the street." "MR. DUNLAN (ON PHONE):" "We?" "Are you still with Cathy?" "Yeah." "Surprised?" "MR. DUNLAN (ON PHONE):" "No." "We have a baby." "A one-year-old boy." "And we're expecting another in three months." "MR. DUNLAN (ON PHONE):" "Frankie, I'm sorry for what" "Happened between us." "FRANKIE (ON PHONE):" "Forget it, Dad." "MR. DUNLAN (ON PHONE):" "We were both so stubborn." "FRANKIE (ON PHONE):" "It doesn't matter anymore." "What matters is that I need some money." "MR. DUNLAN (ON PHONE):" "I can't help you." "FRANKIE (ON PHONE):" "I'll take anything." "No, you don't understand." "I've lost everything." "The business, my savings, and now my health." "FRANKIE (ON PHONE):" "What?" "But how?" "I'm waiting to die." "Everything around me is dead." "Your mother, you, soon me." "Dad, I need to talk to you once in a while." "Frankie, there's... there's nothing I can do for you." "I don't have any money or position." "And I don't think I could face the past anymore." "There's too much time between us." "And too much pain." "I don't want to go back." "FRANKIE (ON PHONE):" "I go back every day, Dad." "Jaime." "Jaime." "[Sobbing]" "Now, you cut it out, you hear me?" "I want the both of you to stay here and none of this fighting." "You's be good." "Just cut it out." "CHILD:" "You are." "CHILD:" "You are." "CHILD:" "You are." "CHILD:" "Big fat liar!" "CHILD:" "No, you are." "CHILD:" "You are." " You are." "Shut up." " You're a bitch." " You're a bitch." "You are." "Big fat liar." "Shut up!" "Girls, girls." "Calm down." "You shouldn't be screaming like that in the streets." "Now, what's the matter?" "Big fat baby." "I am not." "Are too." "Am not." "You are too." "You are, bitch!" "Nah, nah, big fat liar." "Big fat liar." "Shut up!" "You're a big fat baby." "Shut up!" "Hey, come on, now, that's not nice." "Nah, nah." "Big fat liar." "Big fat liar." "Big fat liar." "Big fat liar." "That's no way to behave." "So what?" "Hey mister, you want a date?" "Do I want a date?" "Cut it out." "Come here, sit down." "Here, watch this." "How do you do that?" "Oh, it takes years of practice, about four years of college." "Does not." "Where's your parents?" "I don't know." "Well, who do you live with?" "A lot of people." "Where?" "All over." "What do you mean all over?" "Wherever Paco takes me is where I live." "FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "I should have" "Known he was tied up in this." "Wherever the shit smells the worst, he usually turns up." "She's so young." "She's just a kid." "What are you doing with that girl?" "What are you doing with that girl?" "Nothing." "Trying to take her for free?" "Get your hands off of me." "Trying to take her for free?" "I told you not to leave them alone." "I ain't their mother." "I can't constantly watch them and do my own clients." "Why don't you get a babysitter or something for them." "You can't expect me to..." "Shut up, bitch." "When I want a song and dance, I'll get Gene Kelly." "Who's Gene Kelly?" "You can go suck my ass." "Come back here, bitch." " Can I suck your cock, honey?" " I said come back here." "Absolutely not." "Go after her." "Why not?" "Now, if you want that little girl, it'll cost you $50." "Do you have any idea what you're doing to that kid?" "Look, I do what I'm told to." "You know who to complain to." "How do you live with yourself?" "Just tell me that." "Hey, get the fuck out of here, man." "I catch you around here again, I'll pop your head off." "[Baby crying]" "WOMAN (ON TV):" "Leave me alone." "MAN (ON TV):" "I'm trying to find out what's the matter with you" "And find some way to help you." "WOMAN (ON TV):" "The only way you can" "Help me is to leave me alone." "Can't you understand?" "Isn't it plain enough?" "I cannot bear to be handled." "MAN (ON TV):" "By anybody or just me?" "WOMAN (ON TV):" "I'm through with men." "I didn't want to get married." "I kept waiting." "Anyway, I was doing all right the way I was." "[Channels changing]" "MARCIA (ON TV):" "But what about the baby?" "JOHN (ON TV):" "Oh, Marcia." "MARCIA (ON TV):" "Oh, John." "JOHN (ON TV):" "Oh, Marcia." "MARCIA (ON TV):" "Oh, John." "JOHN (ON TV):" "Oh, Marcia." "MARCIA (ON TV):" "Oh, John." "JOHN (ON TV):" "Marcia, Marcia." "MARCIA (ON TV):" "John, John." "JOHN (ON TV):" "Marcia, Marcia." "MARCIA (ON TV):" "Oh, John, John, John." "JOHN (ON TV):" "Marcia." "MARCIA (ON TV):" "John." "JOHN (ON TV):" "Marcia." "MARCIA (ON TV):" "John." "JOHN (ON TV):" "Marcia." "Marcia." "MARCIA (ON TV):" "John." "Oh, John." "JOHN (ON TV):" "Oh, Marcia." "MARCIA (ON TV):" "John." "John." "John." "John." "John." "John." "JOHN (ON TV):" "Oh, Marcia, Marcia." "MARCIA (ON TV):" "Oh, John." "Oh, John." "JOHN (ON TV):" "Oh, Marcia." "MARCIA (ON TV):" "Oh, John." "Oh, John." "JOHN (ON TV):" "Marcia." "MARCIA (ON TV):" "John." "JOHN (ON TV):" "Marcia." "MARCIA (ON TV):" "John." "FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "Maggots." "And they're starting to hatch." "And as long as I'm bleeding, the flies will be attracted to me" "And lay their eggs." "They're hatching." "[Screaming]" "They're eating me alive!" "I can't go home empty-handed, not tonight." "Mike was right." "Sometimes you're better off in jail." "[Music playing]" "Help!" "Help!" "Whoa." "Let's get him!" "All right, that's enough." "Don't kill him yet." "Oh, yeah?" "He didn't break your fucking glasses." "[Glass shattering]" "I said that's enough!" "Frankie." "Frankie, you shouldn't resort to crime." "It's no way to solve society's problems." "You know, since this is stolen money," "I can't even put it towards your debt." "That'll teach you to be a fucking criminal." "Shit, man, what the fuck was in that bag?" "What are you talking about?" "When it hit me, it felt like a ton of bricks." "Well, there's nothing in here now." "FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "Right at that" "Moment, I knew what had to be done." "It was all coming back to me, a revelation" "That hit me like a bullet." "Bullets." "This shit was armed." "FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "I felt a tremendous power" "Surging through my veins." "Where's the gun?" "FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "I have now become God." "[Chuckling]" "Holy shit." "It's not loaded, man." "It can't be." "We got the bullets." "Drop it or you're dead." "[Gunfire]" "Frankie, look." "We'll make a deal, see?" "I won't tell the cops about the other guys, OK?" "And you don't owe me any money either, all right?" "Here." "Here, take what I got, huh?" "Come on." "Put it down." "Don't kill me." "No!" "No!" "[Gunfire]" "Oh, god!" "Goodbye, Paco." "[Gunfire]" "FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "We marched into the village" "After three days of intense fighting." "Our casualty rate was enormous." "We were expecting an ambush, but everyone was" "Dead in front of their huts." "They had killed themselves, the women and children too." "Then we were ordered to pump rounds of ammo" "Into the dead bodies to scare the VC." "And so we did." "M-16s, pistols, everything." "The whole fucking squad just went crazy." "Bodies were butchered till they looked like piles of meat." "My friends became animals." "They began to enjoy it." "I knew I had to get out, or I'd become one of them." "So I started running." "They called me a deserter, but what was I deserting?" "I had never understood what it was, what it meant." "But now it was so clear." "You see, they wanted no part of us" "And took their own way out together." "Their wives wouldn't be raped, nor the children" "Tortured and mutilated." "They cheated us, oh, yes, they did." "They were the survivors." "It was getting clearer all the time." "The war is not over." "The battlefield may have changed," "But the war is not over." "And you were right, Dad." "Your son died in Saigon." "But now I've got to save my family." "WOMAN (ON TV):" "Oh, my god!" "[Screaming]" "Look at its face!" "MAN (ON TV):" "It's so ugly." "Hand me the cleaver!" "WOMAN (ON TV): [screaming]" "So now we're being thrown out." "What happened?" "God, what were you, in a fight?" "Did you get a job?" "Did you call your father?" "What did you do today?" "And what's the matter with you?" "Nothing." "Well, where have you been?" "In the jungle." "You know, I think you're really cracking up." "You are going crazy." "Where are we gonna live?" "What are we gonna eat?" "What are we gonna do?" "My stomach hurts." "[Baby crying]" "I can't take this anymore." "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "Damn you, shut up!" "Why the hell don't you do something?" "All you do is sit by and watch us suffer!" "MAN (ON TV): [chuckling]" "What do you take me for, Frankie, huh?" "You think I'm one of them out there." "You think you can tell me your story, and I'll believe it." "Well, bullshit, motherfucker." "You're a fucking liar, Frankie." "The only massacre you saw was the one you started." "You were the one who went crazy, not your squad." "You flipped out and shot everybody, even your own men." "[Shouting]" "MAN (VOICEOVER):" "He's firing!" "I didn't give the command to fire." "MAN (VOICEOVER): [inaudible]." "He's gone crazy." "He's just shot two men." "MAN (VOICEOVER):" "Dunlan!" "Dunlan, cease fire!" "MAN (VOICEOVER):" "Frankie!" "MAN (VOICEOVER):" "Dunlan!" "Drop it!" "Dunlan, no!" "[Screaming]" "MAN (VOICEOVER):" "Frankie!" "Frankie, come back!" "You're going the wrong way!" "[Dripping]" "[Baby crying]" "[Gunshot]" "Cathy, I love you." "What?" "[Gunfire]" "Die!" "Die, damn it!" "It's not supposed to be like this." "[Gunshot]" "[Baby crying]" "[Gunshot]" "MAN:" "Open up in there." "This is the police." "I said open up in there." "This is the police." "[Gunshot]" "There's something blocking the door." "FRANKIE (VOICEOVER):" "I go back there every night without fail."