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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? ♪