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WHY IS BELETSKY THERE AT THE END?

posted 17 years ago by SMC
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How come Beletsky is at the top of the hill with Don Cheadle and Dylan McDermitt? Three scenes before that, there was Mowtown and Franz talking to a wounded and dying Doc. Right next to them was Beletsky with a huge bandage on his stomach and Doc was telling him he got the "million dollar" wound and they were both going home. Beletsky then sort of staggers away and watches as Motown and Franz hug the dying Doc. But then on the last scene, Beletsky is charging up the hill, tellin Franz to buck up and then they both summit the hill. Either that million dollar wound was just a scratch or Beletsky was an incredible soldier.

[–] flaremix 17 years ago

in the scene you're referring to, from what i gathered, i just think he didn't want to go home (out of: the bond he had made with his squad; the way veterans were treated back in the country; and so forth)...

i mean, when Frantz congratulates him, he doesn't seem too thrilled about leaving... i don't think even said anything and just acknowledged him with an uneasy smile.

so, in a nutshell, he'd grown close with her buddies and wasn't about to leave them.

that, or i'm completely wrong.

hope that helps. bye.

[–] Etherdave 14 years ago

He's the only actor in the crew that can spontaneously tear up in a closeup.