They reacted in the fashion that I hope just about any person would react. I'll clarify. If somebody stole my canoes and then fired an M60 at me that I did not know to contain blanks, my thoughts would be 'these guys are dangerous and psychotic. If they are prepared to do this to me, they'll do a whole lot more. I need to get rid of them before they come for me again, or worse, my family/friends'.
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Personally, if I was confronted in the way that the cajuns were, my concern would be getting these violent brutes off my land. The soldiers were erratic, thieving troublemakers, and the cajuns rightfully paniced about the fact that their home was being invaded by them.
shareThe film is a metaphor for Vietnam and the Cajuns are clearly supposed to represent the Vietnamese. Compare the actions of the National Guard with the soldiers in Oliver Stone's "Platoon" and it's very easy to side with the Cajuns. Walter hill's intention was for you to have some empathy with the "bad guys" whose territory was being invaded by a group of naive soldiers who were well out of their depth.
I gave the film 7 out of 10. It was slow in places but full of atmosphere and the village scene at the end is really tense.
Agreed. You weren't supposed to hate the Cajuns or see them as the bad guys. They were simply reacting to the situation. What were they going to do? Call the police or try to work things out peacefully?
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