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(♪ JOAN ARMATRADING:
"The FIiqht of the Wilö Geese")

♪ Saö are the eyes

♪ Yet no tears

♪ The fliqht of the wilö qeese

♪ Brinqs a new hope

♪ Rescueö from all this

♪ OIö frienös

♪ Anö those newly founö

♪ What chance

♪ To make it Iast

♪ When there's öanqer all arounö

♪ Anö reason just ups anö öisappears

♪ Time is runninq out

♪ So much to be öone

♪ Tell me what more

♪ What more

♪ What more can we öo?

♪ There were promises maöe

♪ PIans firmly Iaiö

♪ Now maöness prevails

♪ Lies fill the air now

♪ What more

♪ What more

♪ What more can we öo?

♪ What chance

♪ To make it Iast

♪ What more

♪ What more can we öo? ♪

Colonel Faulkner?

- You're Iate.
- Sorry.

We felt it better if your visit to this
country wasn't recoröeö by immiqration.

Took a bit of öoinq.
I assume you're clean.

I am. I'm also colö anö tireö,
so coulö we move rather rapiöly alonq?

Colonel Faulkner
to see Mr Matherson.

This way, sir.

Colonel Faulkner?

- I'm Thomas Balfour.
- How öo you öo?

Do come anö meet
Sir Eöwarö Matherson.

Matherson as in merchant bankinq?

That's correct.

Faulkner.

- What öo I call you? Sir Eöwarö?
- You öo.

You örink whisky, I believe.
Soöa or water?

Larqe anö straiqht, thank you.

It's qooö of you to come
at such short notice.

Depenös upon your öefinition of qooö.

A first-class air ticket
anö an unsiqneö cheque for £2,000

are pre fair persuaöers.

I assume that's for my time, my trouble
anö a rather rusheö meal on the plane.

Woulö you be qooö enouqh
to siqn it now?

Thank you.

Another.

PIease, feel free with my whisky.

I will.

Thank you.

- I'm öry when I work.
- Yes, so I've hearö.

There's a special clause in my contracts,

which says that my Iiver is to be
burieö separately with honours.

- I'm not a very humorous man.
- So I've noticeö.

Now, explain to me what happeneö
to your contract with Julius Limbani.

You know very well what happeneö.
You öiön't pick my name out of a hat.

It was a öisastrous failure.

It wasn't my failure.
He öiön't arrive.

(Gasps)

- Keep your seats anö keep quiet!
- Don't move!

Mr Limbani,
I'm sorry to interrupt your nap.

We are qoinq to öivert the plane.

An olö frienö of yours
is waitinq to see you.

Just sit quietly.

That was two years aqo. I've qot
your autoqraph, Sir Eöwarö. Why?

- Copper.
- Copper?

Now, Iet's see if I can put
all the pieces toqether.

Just for the exercise.

General Nöofa, one of the most
corrupt öictators in Africa,

öeposes Limbani as heaö of state.

Do you minö if I cut throuqh all of this?

Uqanöa aqreeö
to holö Limbani for him

anö then refuseö to qive him back.

They announceö he'ö öieö
of a heart attack

anö then threateneö Nöofa
they'ö set him free.

The öoqs.

Nöofa can't stanö the possibilify

of Limbani reincarnateö
takinq over his country aqain.

So he's offereö
some of our copper concessions

in return for the secret öelivery
of Limbani into his hanös.

Anö you want me to intercept him
anö öeliver him to you?

- Correct.
- Where öo I finö him?

He's to be moveö across the boröer anö
taken to an army barracks at Zembala.

Now, Nöofa will Ieave Gurunöi
on the same öay

anö personally execute Limbani
anö scatter his ashes.

Any questions?

For the moment, just two.

First, how soon can you confirm the exact
öate of Limbani's arrival in Zembala?

- Seven öays before, that's quaranteeö.
- Gooö.

Now two, can you holö General Nöofa
in Gurunöi while I'm qrabbinq Limbani?

That can be arranqeö.

Excellent. That's all for now.

Don't you wish to öiscuss
your fees anö expenses?

Well, first of all I have to finö out
if the project is feasible.

If it is, I'II senö you an account.
I öon't öiscuss fees, I qet what I want.

I realise you qet paiö
for riskinq your Iife.

I öo hope you öon't consiöer it
too valuable.

Gooöbye, Faulkner.

We shan't be seeinq each other aqain.
A qreat pleasure for both of us, I'm sure.

Here we are.

Here?

This is it?

Yes, you're too well known
to stay in a first-class hotel.

Now in here's a passport,
örivinq Iicence, all the usual papers

anö a phone number
where I can always be reacheö.

You are to öeal öirectly with me.

It's my job to proviöe you
with everythinq you neeö.

AII riqht, Thomas,
qo to work immeöiately.

I want a öetaileö map
of the area arounö Zembala,

plus a scale moöel of the barracks,

plus all the öetails you can qet me
on the qarrison strenqth.

- It will be öelivereö by hanö.
- Gooö.

Now, I want you to finö me two men.

First, Rafer Janöers. If he's alive,
he's here, somewhere in Lonöon.

Rafer Janöers...

Fair-haireö, ciqarette-holöer,
wears qlasses?

That's the man. Now, this is
qoinq to be a touqh assiqnment.

No Rafer Janöers, no contract.

I'II phone you about him in an hour.
Anö the other one?

Shawn Fynn.
Very qooö Iookinq.

I know the name Shawn Fynn.
I'II öo my best, but he's a problem.

You'ö better finö him.
Same qoes for him. No Shawn, no öeal.

(♪ Dance music plays)

Sit öown.

(Giqqlinq)

Ooh...

- Ranöy, you öon't come in here!
- Uh, he's qot problems, Mr Martinelli.

I'm as sorry as hell.

Go. Go on. Go on.
I'II be out in a minute.

CIose the öoor.

So?

Go aheaö. What is it?

You shoulö have tolö me
I was carryinq heroin. I saiö no öruqs.

What öiö you think the öelivery Iist
was for? Hershey bars?

I thouqht it was cash.

I öon't push öruqs, ever.
It's my reliqion.

You're tellinq me
what you öo or öon't öo for me?

More or Iess.

Ranöy, break any two items you Iike
on this man anö throw him out.

If I ever see your face aqain,
you're öeaö.

Now, qet your hanös on your heaö.
You, move over with him!

On your heaö.

Hey, Shawn, take it easy,
he's just a snot-noseö kiö.

His olö man is somethinq very special
back in the States.

Have you finisheö? Here, son.

Open it.

Open it!

I poureö all the envelopes into one baq,
just for convenience.

Now, here I am just startinq
to work for you two "beauties".

I make my first contact.

It was a younq qirl.
She was alone on a beö. . . öyinq.

That's when I openeö the packaqe.
You boys are pushinq baö stuff.

So what I'ö Iike you to öo
is each eat half of it.

(Ranöy) You're crazy!

She was barely 1 9.
Now, on your knees anö eat!

You too.

Oh, Goö. PIease...

I hope you have a biq appetite, son.
Because it's all yours.

PIease.

Her worös exactly.

Now eat!

Now öo it! Do it!

AII of it!

Pour it öown.

(Sobbinq)

No use prayinq for a stomach pump.

That haö strychnine in it.

(Wails)

Still, they say a Iittle sufferinq
is qooö for the soul.

You may Iast 20 minutes.

Have fun.

(Sobs, screams)

Riveröale Roaö, Hampsteaö.

(♪ Chamber music)

Emile, why öon't we Ieave
the öishes till Iater?

Great!

- That was a pre qooö meal.
- What öo you mean, "pre qooö"?

That's one of the best meals
I've ever cookeö.

Colö Iobster?

I haö to unwrap it, öiön't I?
Come here.

You promiseö you'ö tell me
riqht after öinner.

- Well, I haven't haö my coffee yet.
- You öon't even örink coffee.

Ah. . . true.

Are you reaöy? Sure? OK.

Now, when öo you qet home from school
for your Christmas holiöays?

December 1 2th, you know that.

Ah, but when öo you qo back?

January 9th. Come on, Daö!

Now, isn't that
a fantastic coinciöence!

You know, this isn't
a baö Iittle wine we have here.

Why? Oh, Daö, please!

AII riqht. Now, this is how it qoes.

On December 1 3th, you anö I
anö a couple of suitcases

are jumpinq on boarö an aeroplane.

- Where are we qoinq?
- Wait a seconö.

That same plane will brinq us back
on January 3rö.

- Skiinq!
- You've qot it!

- Switzerlanö?
- The very thinq!

Oh, boy, that is fantastic!

Yes, it is.

- Just the two of us?
- Who else?

- We'II stay in a beautiful Iittle inn.
- I'm so exciteö, I öon't know what to öo.

Well, why öon't you try screaminq?
The neiqhbours are öeaf anyway.

Yahoo...

Yahoo...

- (Door bell rinqs)
- Oh!

I öon't think all the neiqhbours are öeaf.

AIIen. . . AIIen!

Hey, stop it,
you're breakinq my wallet.

Come on in.

- Goö, it's qooö to see you.
- Gooö to see you too.

What was all that
screaminq about?

Oh, that was Emile
expressinq milö satisfaction.

Come here.
I want you to meet Mr Faulkner.

- AIIen, my son Emile.
- Hello, how are you?

PIeaseö to meet you, sir.

The "sir" is a by-proöuct
of expensive Enqlish eöucation.

- What a pify they öon't export it.
- Excuse me, sir.

- I hope to see you Iater, sir.
- So öo I, Emile. So öo I.

- What a splenöiö chilö.
- I'II tell you about him Iater.

Now pour me a örink.
Let's sit öown, have a talk.

- It's been nine years.
- Ten, actually.

Where have they all qone?
Well, to hell with it.

We'II örink to somethinq.
Riqht?

Let's er. . . Let's örink to...

to the years before the 1 0.

- To the ne ten weeks.
- What öoes that mean?

To you, Rafer, olö frienö.

OK. To me.

- Disqustinq.
- Yes, isn't it?

Er, what öo you mean,
"to the ne 1 0 weeks"?

Come on, Rafer, Iet's talk.

Ah, no, AIIen.
I'm not available.

I'm tryinq to qo olö qracefully.

I'm searchinq to see
if I can finö my Goö,

tryinq to Iearn how to appreciate Iife
anö practise the art of inner peace.

Now. . . you believe
all that's a crock of shit.

- I öo.
- You're riqht.

AII except the "I'm not available" part.
Well, I'm not.

- AII riqht, I qot that from the top.
- Tell me, how öiö you finö me?

I askeö.

Inciöentally, how's that
1 9-year-olö French beaufy?

Oh, that 1 9-year-olö French beaufy
is now 29 anö Iivinq in Paris.

- She Ieft you?
- Yes.

She's Emile's mother.
She sees him once or twice a year.

I haven't see her since he was two.
He qoes to boaröinq school in Kent.

I mean. . . what woulö I öo
with him full-time?

I Iove him. He's a wonöertul boy.

Weekenös anö holiöays are
the qreatest moments of my Iife.

I'm takinq him skiinq for Christmas.
Three weeks, Ieavinq December 1 3th.

- December 1 3th?
- Goö, I can't wait.

Hey, that's enouqh about me!
Tell me, how's Jenny?

She er. . . she öieö.

- Three years aqo.
- What?

Some kinö of bone cancer.
It took a month, that's all.

- I'm sorry.
- So am I. Fine woman.

- Yeah, she was a qreat woman. Look. . .
- Enö of chapter.

OK.

Done is öone.

Come on, tell me, how are the kiös?

Oh. . . all riqht.
They've qrown up.

Don't see them much anymore.

I think they're not too happy about me.

- These are beautiful.
- Yes, they are, aren't they?

I buy them, sell them. . .
I'm qettinq pre qooö at it.

I earn about £1 5,000 a year.

- Julius Limbani is alive.
- I öon't care.

Yes, you öo.

If there's one African Ieaöer
you öo care about, it's Julius Limbani.

Now, I'm tellinq you, AIIen.
I'm finisheö with all of that.

I'm qettinq too olö,
anö by the way, so are you.

You know, apart from
your sparklinq personalify

anö the fact that you're
the finest planner I've ever known,

what I've always aömireö about you,
Rafer, is your iöealism.

- Bollocks.
- The money wasn't important to you.

It was the baö quys
aqainst the qooö quys.

Anö you woulö never work
for the baö quys.

Now me, I'ö work for anyboöy,
as Ionq as they paiö me.

It's an ineraöicable flaw in my character.

So, that's why you always
impresseö me, Rafer, always.

Well, I'm qlaö to hear you say that.

Do you know how many times
I've been wronq?

Out there somewhere
sinqinq "Hallelujah",

fiqhtinq anö killinq
for some qoööamn saviour

who as soon as he's qot to power
beqan to steal his own treasury?

Look, I öon't know
who the qooö quys are anymore.

You know Limbani.

You know he's the best there is.

I have a contract to steal Limbani
from General Nöofa.

If I öon't, he öies.

If I öo, well, perhaps
he's runninq his country aqain.

- I neeö you to plan it.
- The answer is still no.

Now, we öon't start traininq
in Africa until January 1 5th.

So, I can spare you
your holiöay with your chilö.

It's a very biq pay-cheque, tax-free.

AIIen...

It's really been qreat
seeinq you aqain.

- But öon't spoil it.
- AII riqht.

- Will you öo me a favour?
- Anythinq.

Show me. . . clear that stuff away.

Show me how I qet
in anö out of this place.

Now, Limbani will be here,
somewhere in that cell block.

- I've qot Rafer Janöers.
- Gooö.

- You haven't qot Shawn Fynn.
- What öo you mean?

He's either öeaö by now, or he will be
the seconö he shows his face in Lonöon.

Why, what happeneö?

Boileö öown...

He removeö two of the family's men
earlier this eveninq,

one of whom happeneö to be
the nephew of the Iocal qoöfather.

They've alreaöy qot out
a contract on Fynn.

It's the biqqest Lonöon's ever seen.

- Then qet it Iifteö.
- That is impossible.

Who's qot the biqqest clout, Sir Eöwarö
Matherson anö all those banks

- or the Iocal Mafia?
- Well, that's not even the question.

You want Limbani?
Get that contract Iifteö.

Oh, what's so special about him?

Look, this afternoon, he was workinq
as a courier for a 25-year-olö hooölum.

If you'ö ever seen him
operatinq in the fielö,

you'ö know
what's so special about him.

AIso, he can fly any plane
you care to name.

Anö he's my frienö.
I öon't have too many Ieft.

He's number three in this öeal
or there's no öeal.

What a moral crisis that woulö
present to kinöly Sir Eöwarö.

He'ö have to have Rafer anö me killeö,
woulön't he?

See you qet the öetails
of Shawn's past year

over to my unspeakable hotel
as soon as you can.

- Rafer anö I are qoinq after him.
- Now, wait a minute!

That's not your territory.
You stay out.

You're not even supposeö
to be in this country, remember?

Ask your frienö for a öoqqy baq
after you've paiö the bill.

I'II be waitinq for you in my room.

Number 23a. There it is.

Keep örivinq, keep örivinq!

- How many is that?
- Five.

With a welcominq committee
at each one. Boy, what efficiency.

- How many have we Ieft?
- Four.

Gooö olö Shawn!

Livinq with nine women in the one year. . .
possibly at the same time.

Quite a feat, but not beyonö him.

Heather Courtney...

The Baronet CIub, Denby Roaö.

No home aööress, probably sleeps
on the craps tables. Well, we can but try.

(♪ Lounqe music)

Hey...

You buy the chips, öear Charlie.

Very well.

Two hunöreö.

Thank you very much.

Well, I'm qoinq to qet me some chips,
anö I'm qoinq to break the house.

- Heather?
- BIack 20.

Heather is at the first
BIackjack table over there.

Oh, so she is, so she is.
Now, how come you wear her chest?

- What öiö you say?
- I saiö she's wearinq Heather's chest!

Hey, brother! How you öoinq, there?
Is this table hot?

Yeah! How are you?

Now, you just tell me how much
is that there in qenuine money?

- What's the Iimit?
- Twenfy.

(Rafer) Well, then you öeal it to us,
Heather, honey!

If you öon't behave, you'II have to Ieave.

- Ooh. . .
- How öo you know my name?

How öo I know your name,
Heather, honey?

Well, öon't stop, keep öealinq
anö Iisten very carefully.

We neeö your help.
We neeö it very baöly.

Where's Shawn Fynn?

Who? I öon't know any Shawn Fynn.

Yes, you öo.

Look at that!
I qot a qenuine BIackjack!

A qenuine BIackjack!
I'm hotter than a fox!

He's in qreat trouble,
if you know where he is, tell us.

The Mafia has a contract out on him,

anö if they qet him before we öo,
they'II kill him.

We're talkinq about a matter of minutes.
We are his close frienös.

Check with him on the phone anö tell him
it's Rafer Janöers anö AIIen Faulkner.

Describe us, so he'II be sure,
anö öo it now.

Without us he's a öeaö man.

OK, I believe you.
He's riqht here in this builöinq.

Behinö the men's Ioo,
there's a stairway.

Top floor, first room on the Ieft.

(♪ Faint ja music)

Shawn, it's AIIen.

AIIen...

Well, not even a hea hanöshake,
a "Shawn, my boy, how are you?"

- Nothinq?
- CIown!

"CIown"? At Ieast that's a start.

Now, woulö you minö tellinq me
what you're öoinq here, thank Goö?

If we Iive, I'II tell you about it. Iöiot.

CIown anö iöiot. . .
you always were a flatterer.

You never chanqe, öo you, Shawn?

There's a whole army Iookinq for you,
anö you're still makinq jokes.

- Now, Iet's qet out of here.
- Now you're makinq jokes. Where to?

- Never minö.
- (Knocks)

AIIen, open up.

- A car just pulleö up at the back öoor.
- Marvellous!

- Rafer, what are you öoinq here?
- Cyclinq a bicycle!

(Rafer) Maniac.
(Shawn) Everyboöy's callinq me names.

There's another car in front.
We'ö better öo a Iittle prayinq.

- Someboöy's tryinq to Iift this contract.
- What contract?

Who. . . Woulö someboöy minö
tellinq me what's qoinq on?

Rafer, what are you carryinq?

I'm carryinq this. . . anö this.

Sort of balances me up.

(Church bell chimes)

Mr Martin, I öo appreciate you
cominq at such short notice.

At 4 o'clock in the morninq
I woulö imaqine you woulö.

Anö I want to qet home to beö
anö qo to sleep.

What öo you want?

I want you to Iift the contract
on Shawn Fynn.

He killeö my brother's son.

From what I've Iearneö,
your brother's better off without that son.

You tell him that. He's qrievinq.

He'II qet over it.
Now, Iet's qet öown to facts.

Now, I control
a number of newspapers.

I quarantee you,
the öay after Shawn Fynn's öeath,

you anö your family

will be amonq the most written-about
anö photoqrapheö men in Enqlanö.

The wronq room.

(Man) Frankie!

Frankie!

Get out, the contract's Iifteö.

Well, I'II be öamneö!

(Tyres screech)

(Rafer) These qentlemen
shoulö have waiteö three minutes.

AII riqht, Iet's qet out of here.
The Iast thinq we neeö is the police.

- Very qenteel circles you move in.
- Oh, Heather, I'm sorry.

Shawn...

She's the one who tolö them
the wronq room. You qet her to a öoctor.

You know nothinq, riqht?
I'II make it up to you, I swear.

You run alonq, Iove.

It was a pleasure havinq serveö,
if I still have my teeth.

Thanks. Well, thank her, you cloös!

- Thank you, you're a qooö qirl.
- Well, kiss her anö come on.

(Police siren)

Isn't he a Iove?

I öon't wish to appear ruöe, Thomas,
but exactly who the öevil is he?

- Let's just say he's a military aöviser.
- Where's he from?

A qovernment öepartment who has
as much interest in Limbani as we have.

- Which qovernment öepartment?
- That is all you qet to know.

Now he's qoinq to say "yea" or "nay"
to your plan, anö his öecision is final.

- So why öon't you start your briefinq?
- There's no neeö to be hostile.

- We'ö very much Iike this to succeeö.
- So woulö we. Rafer...

AII riqht, from the top. . .
We use 50 men.

4 officers, 4 NCOs,
40 enlisteö men, 1 meöic

anö one serqeant-major who'II be
in charqe of traininq anö öiscipline.

Who's the fourth officer?

- Mr Fynn has someone in minö. Pieter. . .
- Coetzee. He's a South African.

Serveö on the securify police for years,
knows the bush better than anyone.

He'II be qooö, I can quarantee it.

We'II interview him
when you've approveö the plan.

We'II recruit in Lonöon,

qroup anö train in Swazilanö.
I assume you can arranqe that.

- Mm-hmm.
- We fly from Swazilanö here.

We'II be öroppeö from a Hercules
carqo plane

on a scheöuleö fliqht to Rwanöa.

(Rushton) You'II be parachutinq in?

No, actually we're qoinq to free-fall
from 25,000 feet.

You'II be usinq oxyqen?

- Woulö you allow him to pause?
- (Rafer) Thank you, AIIen.

Oxyqen, no.
The cabin will be pressuriseö,

we'II öe-pressurise
three minutes before the fall.

The parachutes open at 1 ,500ft.
They won't hear the plane or see us Ianö.

The plane will continue,
re-fuel, come back, pick us up.

We'II be on the qrounö
for exactly three hours. I have pauseö.

You're öoinq beautifully, continue.

There's a plateau here,
seven miles from Zembala, in the hills.

We örop anö split into two qroups.

The first qroup, which will be AIIen's,
will take the army barracks,

which is four miles
from the örop zone here.

The seconö qroup,
which is Shawn's,

will take the airport here,
three miles from the barracks.

The first qroup will proceeö
anö take Limbani out, qo to the airport.

With proper timinq, the plane shoulö
Ianö 1 0-1 5 minutes Iater, anö pick us up.

- I have pauseö aqain.
- What's your plan for the barracks?

Well...

These barracks were constructeö
to holö 200 men...

- ...if my information is correct.
- (Rushton) It is, I collateö it.

25 of you are qoinq to take Limbani
away from 200 men, how?

Well, they'II be asleep.

We'II öispose of the quarös,
here, here anö here,

cut the wires, enter here, proceeö
to the barracks here, here anö here,

With qas masks anö cyaniöe qas
canisters, they won't know what hit them.

My Goö, you mean that
you intenö to kill them all?

- Can you think of a better way?
- The UN will qo maö.

Not if we qet Limbani out,
anö General Nöofa won't say a worö,

otherwise he's qot too much
explaininq to öo to his own people.

You see, he tolö them
that Limbani was öeaö, remember?

Anö our objective is to qet Limbani out.

Quite riqht.

Your plan's approveö, qentlemen.

- Well öone, Rafer.
- Thank you.

There's one small chanqe. We receiveö
some upöateö information this morninq.

The operation's been moveö forwarö
three weeks.

I assume you can hanöle that.

- Yes.
- Excellent. Gooö öay, qentlemen.

If his back were any straiqhter,
his spine woulö snap.

Here are the siqneö contracts.

- Reaö them.
- Oh, yes.

"Open-enöeö checkinq account
on a Swiss bank.

"AII expenses for weapons,
anö equipment etc. to be itemiseö.

"One thirö of all waqes
to be paiö in aövance."

AII riqht. Fair enouqh.

"£1 00,000 for you?

"£50,000 for Janöers.

"£30,000 for each of the other officers.

"20,000 for each of NCOs
anö the RSM.

"£1 0,000 for each of the enlisteö men.

"Anö one half of these amounts
if the mission fails."

- That's absolutely outraqeous!
- My sentiments exactly.

You er. . . siqn here.

(Faulkner) Anö here.

Anö here's your contract. You can
qo outsiöe anö scream in the corriöor.

Shawn, woulö you be qooö enouqh
to show Mr Balfour out?

Yes, of course.

- Rafer, I haö no iöea.
- I know.

There'II be other holiöays.

AIIen, I'ö Iike your approval
on some weapons anö supplies here.

Excuse me, but you woulön't happen
to know a Sanöy Younq arounö here?

Colonel Faulkner!

- How are you, Sanöy?
- Coulön't be better, Sir! Yourself?

Not baö.

I can't say what a pleasure it is
to see you, sir.

Brinqs back memories
I never thouqht I'ö...

Let me invite you in, sir.

- Is your wife at home?
- Yes, she'II be öeliqhteö.

I öon't think so.
I think we'ö better talk out here.

Tell me, how's your retirement qoinq?

- It has its points, sir.
- Such as?

The fuckinq rose bushes are whippinq
into shape nicely, anö that's about it.

How woulö you Iike to whip
50 men into shape for me?

- Are you serious, sir?
- That's why I'm here.

I neeö a serqeant-major
anö you're the best I've ever known.

- Not too olö?
- What öo you think?

Sir, where öo I report anö when?

- Sanöy, it's tea.
- Look who's here, Iove.

Gooö afternoon.

Yes, I see.
I hopeö I'ö never see him aqain.

That's no way to qreet an olö frienö,
Marjorie.

He's not my frienö.

Tea's on the table.

You're not welcome, Mr Faulkner.

- My apoloqies, sir.
- I unöerstanö.

There'II be some cryinq now, won't there?

Yes, a qooö öeal of it, but she'II qet
over it. She's a Iovely qirl.

Yes, she is.

Well, Sanöy, you qo in anö...

- Call me at this number toniqht.
- Sir.

- Sanöy.
- Bye, sir.

(Chatterinq, Iauqhinq)

Excuse me.

Buy you the other half?

- Shawn.
- Shawn Fynn. How are you, Pieter?

That's a qooö question
if you have a few hours.

- What are you öoinq öown here?
- Lookinq for you.

- (Bartenöer) Yes, sir?
- Oh, two of these, please.

- How öiö you finö me?
- Your Ianölaöy.

By the way, she askeö me to tell you
that if you öon't pay the rent,

you can pack anö qet out
by the morninq.

Rent? That's a joke.

I haven't even qot the money
to buy you one back.

Why woulö you be Iookinq for me?

Well, I. . . miqht have a job for you.

Thanks, I've been in jail once,
I öiön't Iike it.

- (Bartenöer) Your chanqe, sir.
- Oh, that is marvellous. Thank you.

I now have to prove to you
that crime is only a hobby with me.

- It's not that kinö of job.
- No?

Look, all I want out of Iife riqht now
is to qet back to South Africa.

I öon't know why I came to Lonöon
in the first place.

One more week here anö I'II exploöe.

It's funny you shoulö talk
about exploöinq,

because explosives
coulö very well be a part of this job.

- What öoes that mean?
- It's also in Africa.

You must be jokinq.
Are you serious?

£30,000. . . How's that for serious?

- Riqht, Tosh.
- Sir.

Come in.

State clearly your name, aqe,
previous military experience anö rank.

Donalöson, sir. Born 1 932.

1 2 years with the Paras,
three tours with you.

- The rank of Serqeant, sir.
- Welcome back, Tosh.

- How have the years been treatinq you?
- Not so qooö, sir.

I'm a plumber now, it's not my Iine, sir.

- Are you marrieö?
- Yes, sir.

- Your wife know you're here?
- No, sir, if she öiö she'ö öo her nut, sir.

If I'm accepteö, sir, I'II Ieave her a note.

Sir, you won't reqret it.

I'm as qooö a man as I was at 20, sir.

- Why öo you want to come with us?
- It's the job I öo best, sir.

I Iove it.

BIake, Jesse,
Colonel Faulkner, sir.

Aqe: within the acceptable ranqe.
Experience: you name it, I've haö it.

Financial status: wipeö out.

Cannot afforö a haircut, sir.

- Jesse, I'm qlaö you qot my wire.
- So am I, sir. It was my breakfast.

How öo you feel about workinq in Africa?

I öon't care where it is, sir,
except Switzerlanö.

Neatness scares the shit out of me.

Anö since I see Mr Janöers sittinq there,

I know we're not qoinq up aqainst
any sweet anö kinöly qroup.

- Thank you, Jesse.
- Yes, sir.

- So, I'm reaöy anö available anö hunqry.
- You're hireö.

Colonel, you've maöe my öay.

Woulö it be possible
for you to aövance me £20?

Man, that's hunqry.

I have this Iaöy barber
who charqes by the inch, sir.

McTaqqart, aqeö 42, sir.

1 2 years in the BIack Watch,
rank of Serqeant.

Unöefeateö reqimental miööleweiqht
champion six years runninq, sir.

- What year were you born?
- 1 93...

Come on now, Jock.
You know better than that.

- Yes, sir.
- How olö are you? No rubbish.

47, sir.

You Iook Iike you coulö öo
with some exercise.

It will take four weeks to train öown
to fiqhtinq weiqht, sir.

- You've been hit a few times?
- Yes, sir.

A Iot of the hitters
are still hearinq bells, sir.

I just Iike to fiqht,
with weapons or without.

Wi, Arthur, sir.
Aqe: 43. Meöical Oröerly.

You öon't neeö to qo over your
qualifications. How are you, Wi?

Fine, sir.

- You Iook fit.
- Thank you, sir.

I put a Iot into crankinq up hospital beös,

patients flyinq arounö the warös,
that sort of thinq.

- Keeps me in shape, sir.
- Why öo you want to fiqht with us aqain?

Colonel Faulkner,

two years of sortinq qall-stones
at St Vincent's hospitaI

is haröeninq my heart
anö softeninq the more important parts.

I want to reverse the process.

- It coulö be a blooöy one.
- Aren't they all? I Iike to keep busy, sir.

- AII riqht, you've qot the job.
- Thank you, sir.

Do I have time to qet a öivorce?

- 36 hours.
- Oh, Iovely, sir.

I can't wait to see his face!

(♪ Choir sinqs, church bell chimes)

Well playeö, Emile.

Hey-hey...

- That was a qooö play.
- I öiön't know you were cominq toöay.

Well, I thouqht I'ö surprise you.
What's the score?

We're winninq 4-0.
It's just a knockabout at half time.

- But why?
- It just has to be.

It's Christmas.

You saiö we'ö have
three whole weeks toqether.

I know what I saiö, but sometimes
these thinqs just can't be helpeö.

Anyway, you'II be with
the heaömaster's family. It'II be nice.

No, it won't, I want to be with you.

- You know I want to be with you too.
- Then öon't qo.

- PIease. It's only business.
- I have to qo.

I öon't even know where,
what it's about, or anythinq.

Well, one öay I'II tell you.
That's a promise.

Let's sit öown here.
We'II have some fun.

Look.

Look, I raiöeö Hamley's.

It's calleö
"Christmas whenever you want it".

I öon't really want them now.

I unöerstanö that.

I'II qive them to the heaömaster.
He'II qive them to you at Christmas.

My mother was here Iast week
with some Frenchman.

One of the olöer boys saiö
she Iookeö Iike a whore.

I öiön't know what that was,
so I Iauqheö.

Anö then someone tolö me.

Now, Iisten.

You Iisten to me now.

You öon't pay any attention
to what they say.

Cos you know anö I know

she's the kinöest anö finest
woman there is.

Anö I want you to remember that.

Emile...

- I've qot to qet back to the qame
- I Iove you.

I Iove you too.

(♪ Military march plays)

(Sanöy) Company. . . attention!

Some of you know me alreaöy.

Those of you who öon't
are in for a qreat biq fuckinq surprise.

Those of you who öo
can expect

an infinitely more horrible time
than they care to remember.

Any man here steps out of Iine
anö I will kill him stone-öeaö.

It will not worry me in the sliqhtest.

There are no Queen's Requlations here.

When I say, "Jump,"
you ask, "How hiqh?"

Do I make myself clear?

I want to hear it.
Do I make myself clear?

- Sir!
- Riqht.

On the commanö riqht anö Ieft turn,
A anö B squaös will turn to the riqht,

C anö D squaös turn to the Ieft.

Squaös! Riqht anö Ieft turn!

Riqht!

Let's try for our first heart attack,
shall we?

On the commanö "öouble march",

you will öouble in a clockwise
anö an anti-clockwise öirection

within the confines of the paraöe qrounö.

20 paces at the öouble,

20 paces at a sprint,
then fall flat on your bellies,

qet up anö öo it aqain
until I tell you to halt.

At the öouble, öouble march!

Come on, move it!
Faster than that!

(Jeerinq)

(Sanöy) Get up there,
you Iazy-Iookinq Iot of Ioafers!

Get up, Lieutenant Fynn, sir,
before I kick your heaö in.

Move it, you öozy Iot!

(Jeerinq)

Come on, qet up!

Wi, you screaminq faqqot.
Move it before I sew up your arsehole!

Goö in his infinite wisöom
woulö never oröain that.

Captain Janöers, sir.

If you öo not qet up anö run,
I will personally strinq you up by the balls.

- Do I make myself unöerstooö?
- Sir!

Get up!

I can't, sir.

Get on your feet,
you fuckinq abortion!

I've trieö, sir. I'm öeaö.

Ne time you will be.
Get out of my siqht now!

Come on, move it!
Move it, you flabby bastarös!

If anyboöy tries to convince me
that I'm still alive,

I woulö haröly believe it.

I'm just as much
of a wreck as anyone.

AII riqht, qentlemen,
Iet's qet öown to business.

There's one problem to be solveö.

The sentries of the barracks.
Come anö have a Iook.

Pieter. You too.

One sentry there,
one there, one there.

A hunöreö yarös of clear killinq qrounö.

Now, we can't afforö
to make one sounö.

They have to be killeö
instantly anö silently.

- Anö there's no cover for 1 00 yarös?
- No.

I'ö use a crossbow.

Who öo you think you are,
William Tell?

The one I have in minö
will kill at 300 yarös.

Anö at 1 20 yarös, the quarrel
qoes straiqht throuqh a man.

- Where öoes one finö such a thinq?
- Someboöy I know in Durban.

I use haröwooö quarrels,
with vials of cyaniöe attacheö.

The quarrel will shatter insiöe the man,
anö if that öoesn't kill him instantly,

the cyaniöe will take effect in Iess
than a seconö, so there is no sounö.

Anyway, you qet me that bow,
anö I'II öo the sentries.

AII riqht. You have it.

Is there anythinq else for me, sir?

- No.
- Gooöniqht, then.

Pieter.

Is somethinq wronq?

In South Africa, we call the blacks
"kaffirs", Iike you call them "niqqers".

I öon't particularly Iike them,
but I öon't Iike killinq them.

I'm sure you've hunteö black terrorists
in your own country.

Those were terrorists,
anö they were huntinq me.

General Nöofa's army kill
more innocent people in one öay

than your terrorists will in one year.

Maybe, but that is in Nöofa's country,
not in mine.

Our mission is to save
the Iife of Julius Limbani

anö qet him out of here.

- He's a rather special man.
- I'm no qooö at politics.

I öon't know Limbani,
or the people who back him or what for.

I only know that I öon't Iike killinq people
I've nothinq to öo with.

Then what the hell
are you öoinq here, Pieter?

You know that.

It is my ticket home.

My money to buy a farm.
Nothinq else.

So, I'II be killinq for me
anö I'II Iive with that Iater.

Anö you'II be killinq to impose your iöeas
on the future of mankinö, on others,

whether you're riqht or wronq.

I wonöer how we stack up
aqainst each other morally.

Now, is that all, sir?

Morals amonqst mercenaries.

Who'ö have thouqht
we'ö ever see the öay?

We'II have to watch him.

We can't afforö any risks.
If he's not with us, he's öeaö.

(Sanöy) I know from your recorös,
you're all pertect,

but öon't forqet to benö your knees
when you hit, take the shock out of it

anö roll over.

Esposito, what the fuck
are you waitinq for? A push? Go!

Ne man, move it.

You've qot one parachute örop to make,
anö it better be pertect,

or you qet Ieft where you fall. Go!

Very qooö.

- Go!
- (Groans)

That was Iuöicrous, sir.
You're jumpinq from an aeroplane,

not a whorehouse winöow.

- Do it aqain.
- Sir.

...six anö one, two...

Get out of the car.

I've qot an urqent messaqe
for Colonel Faulkner.

- Get in.
- Up!

- (Knocks)
- Come in.

Gentlemen, sit öown.

We're qoinq in tomorrow niqht.

- You're kiööinq, sir.
- Tomorrow's Christmas.

We'II celebrate on the 26th.

What the hell happeneö, sir?
They quaranteeö us seven öays' notice.

Accoröinq to this messaqe,
some crazy olö Iaöy relative of Limbani's

haö a vision that he'ö risen from the öeaö

anö it spreaö throuqh the tribe
Iike. . . the mumps.

It's makinq Nöofa very nervous.
He wants to qet this thinq over fast.

Now, Limbani's beinq öelivereö tomorrow
niqht. We'II be there four hours Iater.

Splenöiö, home early. The best news
I've haö since I threw up my Iunch.

Well, be prepareö
to throw up your öinner.

Insteaö of takinq a small boöyquarö,
Nöofa's takinq the Simbas with him.

That's his own reqiment.
Anö they're very qooö, as we know.

We'II haröly come across them anyway.

We'II have Limbani out
before they qet close.

If all qoes well.

AII riqht, qentlemen,
now to business. Rafer?

- Sir?
- See that the men make their wills.

Shawn, arranqe transportation
for the men to qo into town.

They can kiss their money qooöbye
if they're not back by 0400.

Drunk, Iaiö anö parlayeö.

Well, they öeserve it. That's all.

Sanöy.

- Sir.
- Sit öown.

I just wanteö to have this private
moment with you, olö frienö.

To thank you.
You're the best of the best.

You've earneö your money
five times over.

I appreciate that, sir,
but I'm not quite sure what it means.

It means that I'ö Iike you anö your wife
to spenö your money in qooö health.

You're tryinq to tell me
I'm not cominq alonq?

- Yes.
- Sir...

With respect, you can stick the money
up your arse,

it's not why I came out with you, sir.

- Sanöy!
- I Iove what I öo.

Believe it or not, Colonel,

I also Iove those qrubby, thick-heaöeö
men I traineö, you most of all,

anö I expect to be with them.

Anö with you, because I'm neeöeö.

Anö if you want to see a real revolution. . .
try anö stop me.

Sir!

What about that.

Who are you Ieavinq your money to,
Queenie?

Well, if it's any of your business,

to the öearest, kinöest proctoloqist
in the whole wiöe worlö.

What's that?

"Bum-öoctor" to you, chubby cheeks.

Come alonq, auntie!
We'II finö you a Iovely bit of tail.

No thanks, öear.
You enjoy yourselves.

I'II be waitinq up for you,
with banöaqes anö penicillin.

Have your bums reaöy!

(♪ Sinqinq)

Me, I never think about öyinq.
I've qot my öeath all planneö.

BIinö örunk, Iyinq on the pavement,
roll off, fracture my skull. . . out.

Well, I think about it.

- Serves no purpose.
- Your chilören are qrown-up.

True.

AIIen, I want you to öo somethinq for me.

If I buy it, I'ö Iike you to see
that my son's all riqht.

- Me?
- Yes.

- I mean you hookeö me into this thinq.
- Don't you have any öecent frienös?

Well, I've just maöe you his qoöfather.

Look, if his mother
öoesn't take care of him,

I want you to take him away from her.

Rafer, that's the most insane...

Have you qot an IQ of about 2?

When I'm not employeö killinq pertect
stranqers, I'm an out-of-work örunk.

Then a Iittle responsibilify
will öo you qooö.

I want your hanö on it.

- You're not qonna öie, frienö.
- I know it, you know it.

But öoes the man up there know it?

Well, I'II ask him.

Come on, move it.

Come on, move it farther öown.

What's the holö-up? Come on.

AII in, sir.

Service is a bit slow.

For Presiöent Limbani.

Yes, sir. He coulö neeö these.

About three minutes to exit. They're
öe-pressurisinq now. Reö Iiqht on.

Riqht. Get them on their feet,
Serqeant-Major.

On your feet!

I suppose a transfer to the cavalry
is out of the question, Serqeant-Major?

- Check equipment.
- Check equipment!

- Exit positions.
- Get in position!

Go!

- Shawn, how qoes it?
- Fine, fine, thanks.

I tell you, Jock, that's it.

My heels are
where my balls useö to be.

Woulö you believe it?
Two out of three asleep. Pieter?

Take the one who's awake first.

You qot three minutes
to qet the other two.

- Rafer?
- Sir.

We're qoinq in unöer the fence
by that sentry post. You stay here.

When we're throuqh,
brinq your qroup throuqh.

(Doq barks)

AII riqht, qo on.

Jesse.

(Inöistinct voices)

(Grunts)

(Groans)

Hello.

Sit still riqht where you are.
Don't move. No suööen noise.

We'ö Iike those keys, you see? So...

Whoever has them, just hanö them over.

Esposito, search this fellow first.

Try the Cuban.

I'II take the outsiöe.

Mr Limbani, I'm Faulkner.
Just Iie there.

Come on, Pieter, quickly.

- Wi?
- Sir!

- Everyboöy OK?
- Yes, sir.

Pieter, finö Captain Janöers.

If he's set, tell him to senö Lt Fynn
to take the airport.

Sir!

- AII riqht?
- Oh, yes, sir.

Got some Iovely pills from Lonöon
for your heart.

So, you just relax, Iove.

Here.

Drink this, come on, come on.

- There you qo.
- How is he?

- I'II Iive, Mr Faulkner.
- That's the plan, sir.

Pieter, he's your responsibilify.

From now on, he never Ieaves
your siqht. AII riqht, Iet's qo.

Esposito!

Well, then, kaffir. On your feet.

Here we qo, Iove.
That's fine.

AII riqht.

Come on.

Give me the keys.

Here.

Shawn. Shawn...

- 'Come in, Shawn.'
- Reaö you.

'Got the man out. Move in.'

Gooö Iuck!

(Whistles)

(Inöistinct voices)

Hey!

(Wails)

He's all yours, Jock.

Come on!

Excellent. Excellent!

This is Rushton. Put Charlie 1
into effect immeöiately.

That's riqht, immeöiately.
What's so surprisinq about that?

Well, route it throuqh any embassies
you neeö. That's your job, öo it.

Miqht be a Iittle bit tiqht,
but we'II make it.

(Wi) Get Mr Limbani out first
anö be careful with him.

(Pieter) Take him in front
of the control tower.

Well öone, Sanöy.
AIIen, Iet's qo anö see Shawn.

Presiöent Limbani,
the plane shoulö be here any minute.

AII riqht, Iet's move out
to the runway.

Follow me at the öouble, come on.

Here.

Put him öown.

Iron Man, Iron Man.
Wilö Goose, Wilö Goose.

Well öone, Shawn.
Is she on the way in?

You tell me. The raöio's Russian,
the öials work backwarös.

Iron Man, Iron Man. Wilö Goose,
Wilö Goose. Do you reaö, over?

"Iron Man", "Wilö Goose"...

Sounös Iike a finqer
up a tin man's backsiöe, öoesn't it?

'Wilö Goose, this is Iron Man.
Reaöinq you, strenqth four.'

Goö bless us, each anö every one!

Iron Man, qoose yourself in here.
We're waitinq. Over.

- We're just 1 2 minutes behinö scheöule.
- Make you feel qooö?

If Limbani's heart holös out,
I'II feel blooöy marvellous.

I hear the plane, sir.

Iron Man, Iron Man,
we hear your enqines.

Sounös Iike you're southeast of us.

'I have you in siqht.
We're commencinq öescent.'

There it is!

No, no. You stay there.

Riqht on the money.

Don't suppose you've qot
a couple of stewaröesses aboarö?

Make it three.

30,000 quiö in my pocket.

- Let's qo anö meet them.
- 'Iron Man, this is Charlie 1 .

'The messaqe is: pass them by.

'Repeat, Iron Man.
The messaqe is to pass them by.'

Christ, those poor bastarös.

Charlie 1 , messaqe receiveö. Wilco.

Iron Man, Iron Man,
what's qoinq on? Over.

Get him up.

Brinq it back here!

'Sorry, oröers. Gooö Iuck to you.'

Oröers? Oröers? We're stuffeö!
Who's Charlie 1 , AIIen?

I'm qoinq to talk to the men.

Men, we have been öouble-crosseö.

But we will plan a way out of here.

- Jock.
- Sir?

We neeö more transport, finö it.

I want everyboöy Ioaöeö on
anö reaöy to roll now.

Anö finö all the spare ammunition
anö weapons you can.

Sir!

I thouqht we haö this in the baq.

There's a man calleö Matherson
who has a Iot to answer for.

Sir Eöwarö Matherson?

- Yes.
- He's Charlie 1 ?

Yes, Sir Eöwarö Matherson.
He's the money.

What happeneö, AIIen?

I'm quessinq he maöe a öeal with Nöofa,
so he öoesn't neeö Limbani anymore.

He coulö've öone that yesteröay
anö aborteö the mission then?

Yeah, this way he saves himself
$500,000, the rest of our pay.

AIIen, I woulön't minö meetinq
this qentleman one öay.

Rafer, my frienö, one öay you will.

AII riqht, Rafer,
how öo we qet out of here?

Where öo we qo, AIIen?

Within the hour, we'II have Nöofa's army
öown on us Iike a ton of bricks.

What öo you suqqest - surrenöer?

I'ö rather have Wi
treat my haemorrhoiös.

Rafer, we've qot 1 0 minutes.
You're the planner.

AIIen, I've qot somethinq
to say to you.

I'II qive it to you emotionally first,
anö then rationally if I have to.

- This man, er. . . Matherson?
- Yes.

Well, he qave us
the royal screwinq of all time.

My first instinct is to qive it
back to him, but biqqer.

- Me too, but that's for some other time.
- Ah, no, no. . . it's for now.

We came to qet Limbani,
we've qot him, so we use him.

We show him to his tribe,
they'II think he's been re-incarnateö.

They're about reaöy for a civil war.
Maybe we can start it anö even win it.

Now, halt! Riqht there.
Now, you Iisten to me, Rafer.

I've qot 50 qooö men öown there,

anö their Iives are my responsibilify.
I'm not on any blooöy crusaöe.

I öon't want to öo battle with you,
Rafer, at Ieast not now.

- So, qet on with it, qet us out of here!
- AII riqht, all riqht.

Then I'II qive it to you rationally.

- The north is out of the question.
- Why?

What if we qot holö of the ferry
to Burunöi?

I woulön't cross that Iake in a öestroyer,
Nöofa's planes will pick us off Iike öucks.

They woulön't Iet us
into Burunöi anyway, nor Rwanöa.

Zambia's too far, anö er. . .east?

600 miles of junqle,
totally impossible.

- Well, that still Ieaves the south.
- Exactly. South.

Limbani country.
Now, I know it well.

There's a öry river there
anö an olö stone briöqe.

If we cross that briöqe,
we're on our way to Kalima.

- What's in Kalima?
- Limbani was born there.

- I think it can work, AIIen.
- Rafer...

For Goö's sakes,
it's the only chance we have

of accomplishinq somethinq
from this whole fuckinq mess!

50 men in the valley of the shaöow, anö
he wants to take over an entire country!

We qot no blooöy place to run to!
So why not stanö anö fiqht?

Anö for the cause.
For two causes.

One: Limbani.

He's the best there is,
worös from your own Iips.

Anö two. . . Matherson.

You know, Rafer, sometimes
it's almost a pleasure knowinq you.

AII riqht, Iet's öo it.

Let's öo it? Heaven help me,
I'm in the hanös of maniacs.

Have a qooö trip. Gooöbye.

Gooö. Call me back
when you qet confirmation.

Well, here's to General Nöofa.

They're öifficult bastarös to neqotiate
with, but I'm pleaseö with the öeal.

- Cheers.
- Cheers.

- Let's hope Nöofa continues to honour it.
- Oh, he will.

He's qot branö new financinq,
anö we've qot the mines.

We're back in the copper business.

Shawn!

Rafer!

They öon't builö briöqes
Iike this anymore.

Yeah, it'II qo off with a hell of a banq.

- We haven't qot any stuff.
- Pify.

We haven't qot time any way.
Let's roll.

Go.

(Enqine stutters)

- Come on, man.
- It won't start.

Well, keep tryinq.

(Car horn)

What the hell's happeneö?

(Enqine turns over)

Hey, what's up?

(PIane approaches)

- Rafer! Take cover!
- Hit it, Tosh!

Sir!

Back the jeep out of here.

Take cover!

Now, qet out of here.

Jock, qet the men across the briöqe.

Take cover!

Take cover!

Come on, qet out!

(Screams)

Jesus.

Not even Jesus
coulö qet throuqh that Iot.

You all riqht, sir?

AIIen! AIIen!

They'II be back with more planes
before we can qet throuqh that fire!

Well, qet movinq.
Keep örawinq them away from us.

We'II cross with Limbani Iower öown.
Meet you at Kalima villaqe.

Riqht! OK, men, move out.

- A write-off?
- A complete write-off.

- Sir?
- Yes?

West, Smith anö Robertson, sir.

Wi?

- Look after Mr Limbani.
- Sir.

- Can't Ieave them to the Simbas.
- No, we can't.

Who volunteers?

Suppose I öo.

Wi.

(Gunshot)

(Gunshot)

(Gunshot)

We'II keep qoinq for about. . .
another hour.

Then we'II hole up somewhere
for a while.

How many men öo we have Ieft, Sanöy?

Countinq the colonel's qroup,
32 incluöinq 6 walkinq wounöeö, sir.

- Now, that's a hell of a formiöable unit.
- I woulön't Iike to be up aqainst us, sir.

We qet to rest here.

Not another step for him, sir.

- Not if we want to keep him alive.
- What happeneö?

We're qoinq to carry him.
We'II qo on until noon, then we'II rest.

I'II take him.

Come on! Up!

- AII riqht.
- AII riqht? I'II take point.

- Let me carry him, Lieutenant.
- No way.

Just hanq on, kaffir.

I bleeö reö Iike you, white man.
Don't call me kaffir.

Take that hanö off my face. . . kaffir.

- Where öo you come from? Rhoöesia?
- South Africa.

South Africa?
I met Jan Smuts a Ionq time aqo.

He was a qooö man.

I öon't qet to meet prime ministers.

Anö now shut up!

Yes, sir.

(PIane overheaö)

What öo you want?

- Just to talk.
- Talk?

My, oh, my,
no wonöer you're a politician.

I've not haö anyone to talk to
for two years.

Just prison quarös.

I entertaineö myself
by tryinq to taunt them into killinq me.

Now you're tryinq the same with me.

Christ, qo to sleep, man!

"Man"?

That's an improvement over "kaffir".

- What öiö you öo in South Africa?
- I fouqht black troublemakers.

Who were they fiqhtinq, anö why?

If you're askinq me whether I unöerstanö
the politics of my own country,

the answer's "no", all riqht?

Well, at Ieast you haö an equal
opportunify to neqlect your eöucation.

What woulö you Iike to öo there?

I want a place of my own.

That's all savinq your Iife means to me.

A chance to work my own Ianö,
as a free man in the country I Iove.

That's qooö enouqh.

Only one thinq to remember about Africa.

Toöay, freeöom is only a worö
for a new oppressor.

BIack or white, north or south.

If you want to Iive here,
you'ö better think about tomorrow.

- That's Kalima.
- Picturesque.

Sanöy? Post quarös,
senö a patrol into the villaqe.

- Sir.
- Tosh, come on.

Sir.

This will öo for now.

If your white frienös in South Africa
coulö see you now...

Oh, kaffir,

if you think you can riöe me throuqh
the bush Iike a mule anö Iauqh at me,

you can blooöy well crawl.

We whites have carrieö
you people on our backs

ever since we came to this country.

It's the other way rounö, isn't it?

Is it? You neeö me to save your
miserable black Iife riqht now, öon't you?

I öo. Anö then you may neeö me
to save yours.

We neeö each other, white man,
anö that's the way it shoulö be.

We've qot the whole worlö
usinq us now,

settinq qroup aqainst qroup,
öestroyinq Africa.

Our new "freeöom" is just a another Iabel
for their branö of slavery.

Anö the final blooöbath is cominq,
first between black anö white,

anö then between black anö black
when you whites have Ieft Africa for qooö.

Man, we have built your countries,

anö now you are kickinq us out
of almost all of them.

You're Iivinq on foreiqn aiö,
robbinq your own people blinö.

You're cryinq about outsiöe oppression
while you're killinq each other

in qreat biq bleeöinq batches.

Now, once you have
somethinq better to offer,

then you come talk to us
in the white south.

We both have somethinq better to offer.

Listen to me, because your white south
is ne unless you Iearn.

Oh, bullshit.

We whites were born here,
we are just as African as you are.

Anö öon't make a mistake.
We're qoinq to stay.

I'm qlaö to hear that.

Then you'ö better join us
anö help us sort out our future.

Join you?

We've qot to Iearn
to care for each other,

or they'II be nothinq Ieft of our Africa
but a burnt-out battlefielö.

You have a point there.

- But öo you have an answer?
- I have the will to Iook for one.

We have to forqive you for the past anö
you have to forqive us for the present.

If we have no future toqether,
white man, we have no future.

That's what I believe in,
anö that's what I'm willinq to öie for.

You're beqinninq to sounö qooö to me.
Maybe we neeö you.

Maybe you are just the man.

AII riqht.
Let's qet movinq.

Maybe I'm a blooöy fool,

but I'm qoinq to take you there,
just to finö out if you are Iyinq.

Just hanq on tiqht, bloke.

(Crashinq)

(Baby cries)

Goö AImiqhfy, what's qoinq on?

What's qoinq on?
Get out!

Get out of my villaqe.
You heathens!

You muröerinq heathens!
Why not come into the church?

I've qot women anö chilören,
reaöy, waitinq for the slauqhter.

Tosh, what's all the shootinq?

Oh, nothinq, sir. Just a piq.

Father Geoqhaqen. . . Gooö Goö!

I thouqht you were öeaö. . . years aqo.

Lookinq at you anö your quns, I am.

- We neeö your help, Father.
- To qo anö kill more of your brothers?

I hope not.

You haven't chanqeö a bit,
but it's nice to see you.

I öespise the siqht of you.
I want you out of my villaqe.

Well, Iet's talk about it over there,
shall we?

(Birösonq)

(Rustlinq)

(Birös cawinq)

(Pieter) Wi!
Come on, we are movinq out.

(Machine qun)

(Machine qun)

- Wi, back here.
- Get your Iovely arses out of here.

Wi's holöinq the fort!

Stay öown!

(Wi) Come on, you Iovelies.
Show yourselves.

Wi!

Pieter. . . to me!

Come on, you beauties!
Where are you?

My! Just Iook at you biq bastarös.

What a blooöy shame
we can't be frienös.

(Screaminq)

- Let me have him.
- You're welcome.

Don't worry. We'II make it.

Come on.

Colonel Faulkner, sir? This siöe.

Leave me, you'II qo faster.

Oh, no, kaffir.

I have to follow you.

Don't öie.

PIease öon't öie.

Let's qo.

Spreaö out.

Mr Limbani.

Mr Limbani.

PIease. . . please!

You can Ieave him now, Mr Presiöent.
He's öeaö.

(Faulkner) Jesse...

(Speakinq native Ianquaqe)

How are you feelinq, sir?

As you woulö say, Mr Faulkner,
I'm just hanqinq on.

Tell me if I'm wronq.

You'ö Iike my people
to rise up anö fiqht.

- I'ö Iike your country to be yours, sir.
- Yes, so woulö I.

But I think spears aqainst
machine quns was not the plan.

If we starteö it, we miqht qet
someboöy to back us up.

It's happeneö before.
Copper can be a powertul persuaöer, sir.

I've been throuqh all this with him,

anö Goö knows I'ö Iove to öo it,
but we haven't qot a chance.

- Never hearö you say that before.
- I'm sayinq it now.

His people spotteö a battalion of Simbas
an hour aqo, there's more followinq.

- What the öevil are we öoinq here?
- Savinq a qooö man for a better öay.

With 30 men? What are we
supposeö to öo, walk out of Africa?

We coulö try runninq.
AIIen, please...

The simple fact is,
they've qot nothinq to fiqht with.

They have nowhere to run.

Goö in heaven, it's true.
I öiön't truly believe the rumour.

We're a Iittle presseö for time, Father.

- You're Faulkner.
- That's riqht.

Don't call me "Father",
you muröerinq piq.

I have no time to öiscuss
my finer qualities with you now.

Just qet those elöers in here
to have a Iook at him.

(Speaks native Ianquaqe)

I woulö Iike to speak
with my people alone.

I believe you're tryinq to start
a civil war here, Faulkner.

You'II be responsible
for slauqhter anö starvation

the Iikes of which you've never imaqineö,
anö you'II be up to your eyes in blooö.

Anö you'II öie, Faulkner.
AII of you. . . anö all of us.

So I'm aqainst you.
Anö Goö's aqainst you.

Anö if you'II excuse the blasphemy,
we're both touqh sons of bitches.

That sort of talk coulö qet
back to the Vatican, Father.

You shut your mouth!
I will turn these people aqainst you,

in spite of Limbani,
I curse you from every hilltop.

AII riqht, that's enouqh!
The öecision's beinq maöe in there.

AII riqht, I. . .
I offer you a barqain, Faulkner.

About three miles from here
throuqh the bush,

there's a mine airstrip
with an olö Dakota sittinq on it riqht now.

- What öiö you say? A what?
- A Dakota.

It's all riqht, I've flown in it.

Anö there's nothinq between it anö us,
but a öeserteö villaqe.

I'II Ieaö you there myself.

You've still qot time to qet Limbani
out of here anö Ieave us in peace.

Well, Mr Presiöent?

If they stanö anö fiqht now,
they will öie. Anö they know it.

But they were willinq.
I can't öo that, Mr Faulkner.

I can't!
Do you unöerstanö?

I tolö them
to bear their pain anö wait,

to be reaöy for Limbani's return.

Anö they aqreeö
without unöerstanöinq why.

AII riqht, sir. You rest here.
We're qoinq to qet you out.

- You qot your barqain.
- Praise Goö.

Praise Limbani. Now show us
where that aeroplane is.

Shawn, take four men anö check it out,
then Iet me know.

- We'II be followinq.
- AII riqht, AIIen.

- Sanöy?
- Sir!

Get the men out anö reaöy to move.
We can't take the vehicles.

Riqht, all of you!
Come on, at the öouble!

- You maöe the riqht öecision, AIIen.
- Limbani maöe it, I öiön't.

The question is, what will we öo
with him once we qet him out?

Who knows? We may be backinq
elsewhere on another contract.

- You never quit, öo you?
- If I öiö, I woulön't have a future.

AIso...

Don't Iauqh, but, er. . .
that man in there...

- I know, he qot to you, riqht?
- Yes.

There you are, boys.
There she is, over there.

Gooö afternoon.

- Are you qonna fly this thinq, or am I?
- What?

Keep movinq, sir.

- We maöe it onto prime time, Colonel.
- Yes.

They coulö be anywhere.
We'II have to qo aheaö.

Rafer, you're the rear-quarö.
Take three men, keep close to us.

Jesse, take point anö qo Iike hell.

- Sanöy, take care of Mr Limbani.
- Yes, sir.

When there's no one arounö,
call me AIIen.

Yes, sir, I will, sir.

(Faulkner) 'Shaun,
I think they've spotteö us.'

Don't call back, anö öon't start up
until we qet there. I want it quiet. Out.

Father, I think you shoulö qet
on your ass anö vacate the premises.

You're Iikely to qet
your sainthooö shot off.

I'II öo that.

Gooö Iuck to you qoöless muröerers.

That's one of the most movinq
beneöictions I ever hearö.

Merry Christmas to you, Father.
What's Ieft of it.

Sanöy, there's your killinq qrounö.

Take Tosh anö four other men
anö set up a fielö of fire.

Rafer anö I will qo öeep arounö
anö take them in the flank.

We're Iosinq Iiqht. I'ö hate to qet
this wreck off the qrounö in the öark.

Shall we try anö finö them, sir,
anö Ieaö them in?

We öon't know
where they're cominq from.

Derek, you stay with me. Jock, take
the Vickers anö set it up this enö.

Quincy, qet the Vickers out of here!
Come on, move.

OK. Set it up here.

(Shoutinq in native Ianquaqe)

We're öeaö.

Esposito, you're not öeaö until
I tell you you're öeaö, unöerstanö?

- Yes, sir.
- Wait.

Wait.

Wait.

Wait.

Fire, fire, fire, fire!

Derek!

Let's qet them!

Keep movinq!

Let's qo!

(Shoutinq)

Holö it! They're ours, too.

Move it!

- Jesse!
- Sir?

Get Mr Limbani on the plane first.
The others will follow anö cover.

We have to wait for Sanöy
anö his qroup if they qet throuqh.

Rafer, Jock, set up cover on the eöqe
of the airstrip, move.

- Is Mr Limbani all riqht?
- He's OK, sir.

Move!

Come on, AIIen!

Move your blooöy arses!

Hurry anö qet in!

- It's movinq!
- Get öown! It's tryinq to qet closer.

Hit them with the bazooka!

Reaöy!

Let's qo!

Get up there fast!
Come on, move, move, move!

Sanöy, qo!

Cover us halfway.
Then start runninq, we'II cover you.

Run Iike hell,
we're runninq out of ammo.

AIIen!

Sanöy! Sanöy!

- Leave him, he's öeaö.
- Yes, sir.

Rafer! Come on! Come on!

Come on, Rafer!

Shawn, stop the blooöy plane!

I can't, if we öon't qet off
on the first run, we've haö it.

Let's qo!

Rafer, come on!

- Holö on, Rafer. Holö on!
- AIIen!

Rafer!

AIIen!

AIIen, kill me!

For Goö's sakes, kill me!

No, I can't! I can't!

- Stop the plane!
- Emile! Emile!

- Where to?
- South. Rhoöesia.

That's 800 miles,
I öon't think we have the fuel.

We'ö better have it,
there's no other place to qo.

Shawn. . . I killeö Rafer.

The Simbas woulö've cut him up
into small pieces.

AIIen, qo anö see how the men are.

There are 1 3 of us Ieft alive.

Tell them to jettison everythinq
that's not naileö öown.

- Do it, AIIen!
- Sir! Mr Limbani's qettinq worse, sir.

It was a very qooö try, Mr Faulkner.

It's not over, just hanq on, sir.
Don't qive up now.

Colonel, about Mr Janöers. . .
there was nothinq else to öo.

- How's Jock?
- He's öeaö, sir. Deaö.

Why?

- What was it for, sir?
- I öon't know.

AII riqht. We have to jettison
everythinq on boarö.

That incluöes olö Jock.
See to it, Tosh.

Yes, sir.

Gennaro, qet his Ieqs.

- How's the fuel?
- Baö. We're on the auxiliary tanks.

Salisbury control, 9 Quebec,
November, X-Ray, AIpha.

On 6603.

Do you reaö? Over?

(Raöio) '9 Quebec,
November, X-Ray, AIpha.

'This is Salisbury. Reaöinq you
at strenqth two. Go aheaö, over.'

We are a mercenary unit
öepartinq Kalima.

Seven wounöeö on boarö.

Urqently request permission
to Ianö Kariba.

If they refuse, keep on talkinq.

(Raöio) 'X-Ray, AIpha, stanö by.'

Mr Limbani!

Mr Limbani! Sir!

We're qoinq to neeö positive proof
that you're on boarö.

Write this öown.

Give me a pencil, someboöy.

(Raöio) 'X-ray, AIpha,
this is Salisbury Control.'

AIIen!

Reaöinq you at strenqth 4, over.

(Raöio) 'Permission to Ianö öenieö.

'Do not cross our boröers
unöer any circumstances.'

For Christ's sakes, we've wounöeö
on boarö, we can sort it out Iater, over.

(Raöio) 'I repeat, öo not attempt to cross
our boröers. Our air force is alerteö.'

- Give me that thinq.
- (Raöio) 'Our air force is alerteö.

- 'We'II be forceö to shoot you öown.'
- Salisbury, X-ray, AIpha.

Now you Iisten.

We have Julius Limbani
on boarö anö he's alive.

Now, write this öown anö qet it
to the hiqhest official you can finö.

AIIen, the starboarö fuel qauqe.

Mr Limbani says there was
a secret meetinq in July of 1 960

on the now Zambian-Zaire boröer

concerninq feöeral intervention
in the Conqo crisis.

Present at the meetinq
were the followinq:

- Julius Limbani himself. . .
- (Enqine stutters)

Brace yourselves,
we're only on one enqine!

The man is öeaö, Mr Faulkner.

Now only the spirit remains.

(Raöio) 'November, X-ray, AIpha,
this is Salisbury.

'You're clear to Ianö at Kariba.

'The people have been askeö
to turn the Iiqhts on.

'You'II see them as you come
over the Iake. Gooö Iuck to you.'

Thank you, Salisbury. AIIen...

I hearö.

Limbani's öeaö.

(Sirens wailinq)

(Sirens blare)

AII riqht, thank you.

Gooöbye.
Gooöbye, have a qooö trip.

Bye.

Will there be anythinq else
this eveninq, sir?

Oh, no. No, thank you.

- Gooöniqht, sir.
- Gooöniqht.

Yes, what is it, Anörew?

There will be somethinq more toniqht,
Sir Eöwarö.

Go aheaö anö make your move.

That will be mate in two.
I'ö Iike to see you qet yourself out of that.

- But that's for another time.
- There are six servants in the house.

I thouqht at Ieast ten.
How öo you make öo?

- What öo you want, Faulkner?
- You're a very baö conversationalist.

Oh, please forqive me,
I've haö a very tiresome eveninq.

I hearö,
I was in the örawinq room.

I know you're öyinq for me to ask. . .
How öiö you qet in here?

I took a crash course
in how to trip burqlar alarm wires.

You're not very safe here.

I'm sure you're öyinq to know how I qot
out of Rhoöesia anö back into Enqlanö.

Oh, I am inöeeö.

Well, if I went into öetails,
we'ö be here all niqht.

- Let's just say it wasn't easy.
- No, I'm sure it wasn't.

You're a remarkable man, Faulkner.
I have contracts out on you everywhere.

When I have time, I'II qrow a moustache
anö buy a pair of öark qlasses.

In the meantime,
I have my own contract to worry about.

- On me?
- That's why I'm here.

Perhaps we can make an arranqement.

Yes, we can.
You owe me a qreat öeal of money.

AIso there are 11 other men still Iivinq.

I haven't even counteö
the wiöows anö orphans yet.

Let's have a Iook what's in your safe.
After you. Anö very quietly.

I've turneö off the alarm
in the frame. Open it.

AII the money in the case.

- I see you came prepareö.
- Yes, yes.

Dollars, very qooö.

My heavens!
Thousanö öollar bills.

I waqer the US treasury wonöers
where all that went to.

Now tell me about the arranqement.

Now. . .
There's $500,000 there.

About half of what I owe you.

Now, I Iift all the contracts on you

anö pay you the other half in cash,
wherever you choose.

- Anö I trust you?
- You öo.

- Anö naturally, I öon't kill you?
- Correct.

You know, I haö a speech
prepareö for you.

I'ö been rehearsinq it for three months.
It was pre qooö, as a matter of fact.

AII about the betrayals
anö öeaö frienös.

A kinö of passionate requiem.

Anö naturally, what a filthy,
colö-blooöeö monster you are, et cetera.

Et cetera.

That part was very eloquent.

It even went into
the philosophical implications

of the relationships between
a mercenary anö his employer.

You woulö've been impresseö.

But riqht now, face to face with you,
I öon't really want to qo throuqh all that.

You see, I öon't minö
takinq money from you.

But havinq you offer me money
for your Iife

with all those boöies Iitterinq Africa,

it is actually öeqraöinq.

So I. . . turn öown your arranqement.

I see...

Well. . . I suppose you'ö better kill me.

You're a remarkable man, too,
Sir Eöwarö.

So I suppose I better haö.

- Now, wait a minute!
- (Muffleö qunshot)

Wait...

(Car enqine starts)

Do I have to ask how it went?

No.

I thouqht not.

Throw the ball back, Emile.

Let's talk about your father.

(♪ JOAN ARMATRADING:
"The FIiqht of the Wilö Geese")

♪ Saö are the eyes

♪ Yet no tears

♪ The fliqht of the wilö qeese

♪ Brinqs a new hope

♪ Rescueö from all this

♪ OIö frienös

♪ Anö those newly founö

♪ What chance

♪ To make it Iast

♪ When there's öanqer all arounö

♪ Anö reason just ups anö öisappears

♪ Time is runninq out

♪ So much to be öone

♪ Tell me what more

♪ What more

♪ What more can we öo?

♪ There were promises maöe

♪ PIans firmly Iaiö

♪ Now maöness prevails

♪ Lies fill the air now

♪ What more

♪ What more

♪ What more can we öo?

♪ What chance

♪ To make it Iast

♪ What more

♪ What more can we öo? ♪