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Question?

posted 6 years ago by Hans-Wilhelm (1372)
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I just saw this for the fist time on TV.
I missed the first few minutes and I was kind of lost as to what was going on when Cage when he was meeting with General Brigham? That confused me.

Cage was some United States public relations officer and then suddenly this British General just orders him into a battle. What? What just happened? Why the hell did the General just order a public relations officer from another country to suddenly join a battle in 24 hours and have him arrested?

Why did this general suddenly decide he wanted Cage murdered?

[–] JohnnyDoe (1950) 6 years ago

"sell the invasion"/"camera crew", do PR for the invasion.

[–] Hans-Wilhelm (1372) 6 years ago

I don't recall there being any cameras.
He wasn't filming he was an actual, useless, untrained soldier with no one anywhere filming anything.

It seemed as if he was ordering a defacto execution.

[–] JohnnyDoe (1950) 6 years ago

He tried running away, woke up at the military base, landed on the beach the next day.

Ordering, because he killed the Alpha, got covered in it's blood, and woke up at the military base every time he died.

[–] Hans-Wilhelm (1372) 6 years ago

Yes, I saw the movie. I only missed a tad at the beginning. He was talking to this general in his office and then he just, out of the blue, tells him you are going to participate in this battle, even though you aren't trained and aren't a fighting soldier. It made no sense unless there was some bad blood between them that I missed and this general was having Cruise whacked by sticking him in a battle. I also didn't catch how he could pull that on a military member (a non combat military member) of another country. It just seemed as if the general were evil. You don't do that.

I'll just have to re-watch that from the beginning the next time I get a chance.

[–] JohnnyDoe (1950) 6 years ago

"I have spoken to your CO. You are now under my command."

He tried blackmailing the general, general changed his mind, had him arrested, tried running away, woke up at the military base.