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When the team arrives at the extraction point, Waters' initial plan becomes clear: the SEALs turn away the refugees from the waiting helicopter. Waters forces Kendricks into the helicopter against her will, leaving the refugees stranded in the jungle, defenseless against the rebels. En route back to
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and tries to run but is shot by Silk. He was bugged with a transmitter. Suspicious, the SEAL's search for his co-conspirators reveals the presence of Arthur Azuka, who is the surviving son of Samuel Azuka. That is why the rebels are hunting them: Samuel was not only the president of the country but
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The team reaches Kendricks, who refuses to leave without her patients. Waters calls Rhodes for options; after a conversation, he concedes to Kendricks' wishes and agrees to take those refugees who can walk. Kendricks begins assembling the able-bodied; the priest and the nuns stay behind to care for
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Irritated and behind schedule, the team and the refugees leave the hospital mission after daybreak. At nightfall, they take a break when rebels approach their position, and Waters stealthily kills one to prevent them from being discovered. Kendricks warns Waters that the rebels are going to the
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The SEALs decide to continue escorting the refugees to Cameroon. A firefight ensues when the rebels catch up with them, and the SEALs decide to stay behind as rearguard to buy the refugees enough time to reach the border. Slo, Lake, Flea, and Silk die in the firefight, and Zee calls in for air
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He concluded by: "I got pissed, Bruce (Willis) got pissed. I actually like Bruce, it just got to a point where working together was difficult, because we say two different movies. So, what do you do? He's the bigger star. It's hard to fight that. People pay to see him."
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border. En route, the SEALs discover the rebels are tracking them. The team enters a village whose inhabitants are being massacred by the rebels. Waters and his team kill the rebels, but are shaken by the atrocities which have been committed against the villagers.
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mission, but he is determined to carry out his orders, and they continue to the extraction point. At the mission, the staff and refugees are detained by the rebels. Despite the priest's pleas for mercy, the rebels murder him and the remaining occupants.
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Rhodes promises Waters that he will recover the bodies of Waters' men. Kendricks bids farewells to her Nigerian friends and flies away in a helicopter while comforting Waters, watching as Arthur is surrounded by his people proclaiming their freedom.
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support. Waters, Red, Doc, and Zee are wounded but direct the jets on where to attack the rebels. Air support wipes out the rebels as Rhodes arrives at the border with reinforcements. He orders the gate open, letting in the SEALs and the refugees.
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is a film constructed out of rain, cinematography and the face of Bruce Willis. These materials are sufficient to build a film almost as good as if there had been a better screenplay."
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team, led by A.K. Waters, is tasked by Captain Bill Rhodes to extract Dr. Lena Fiore Kendricks, a U.S. citizen by marriage to the late Dr. John Kendricks who was killed by rebels in
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Realizing the rebels are approaching their position, the SEALs conclude that a refugee is transmitting their location. One of the recently arrived refugees, Gideon, is the
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Remorseful, Waters orders the pilot to return to the refugees. He loads as many refugees as he can into the helicopter and decides to escort the remaining ones to the
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The movie was shown in U.S. theaters on March 13, 2003, having premiered earlier on March 3. The 20-minutes longer "Director's Extended Cut" was released on
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also the tribal king of the Ibo. As the only surviving member of this royal bloodline, Arthur is the only person with a legitimate claim to the Ibo nation.
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theatrical cut was released in September 2006, containing low-definition deleted scenes instead of that extended cut.
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The cast included African refugees living in the United States, some of whom were from the group known as the '
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Harry Truman, they fly over the original mission compound, seeing it destroyed and all its occupants murdered.
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Fuqua has stated that he and Bruce Willis did not get along with each other during the making of this film.
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in 2005 and begins with the killing of the Nigerian president, adding political context. The
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as Michael "Slo" Slowenski, US Navy - SAW Gunner and Reconnaissance GPS Enemy Tech
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and the mission's priest and two nuns, should they choose to come.
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gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.
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Charles Ingram as Demetrius "Silk" Owens, US Navy - Sniper
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as Ellis "Zee" Pettigrew, US Navy - Radioman and Grenadier
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team rescue mission amidst the 21st-century version of the
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as Johnny Kelly "JKL" Lake, US Navy - Recon and Pointman
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as Arthur Azuka, son of Nigeria President Samuel Azuka
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Paul Francis as Danny "Doc" Kelley, US Navy - Corpsman
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Chad Smith as Jason "Flea" Mabry, US Navy - Marksman
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as Captain Bill Rhodes, US Navy - Commanding Officer
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led by exiled General Mustafa Yakubu overthrows the
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as Colonel Emanuel Okeze, bodyguard of Arthur Azuka
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Cornelia Hayes O'Herlihy as Sister Siobhan O'Connor
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