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A 1998 film about the [[The Yugoslav Wars|Bosnian war]], starring Dennis Quaid as Joshua "Guy" Rose, a [[Semper Fi|U.S. Marine]] turned [[Private Military Contractors|mercenary]] and Nataša Ninković as Vera, the [[Distressed Damsel|woman]] he is escorting to a [[United Nations|U.N.]] safe zone.
A 1998 film about the [[The Yugoslav Wars|Bosnian war]], starring Dennis Quaid as Joshua "Guy" Rose, a [[Semper Fi|U.S. Marine]] turned [[Private Military Contractors|mercenary]] and Nataša Ninković as Vera, the [[Damsel in Distress|woman]] he is escorting to a [[United Nations|U.N.]] safe zone.


Stationed in Paris on embassy guard duty, Josh witnesses the death of his wife and son by [[Terrorists Without a Cause|Muslim]] [[Suicide Attack|suicide bombers]]. Immediately after the funeral of his wife and son, Joshua [[Revenge Before Reason|storms into the nearest mosque and guns down the worshipers inside]]. His buddy Peter (Stellan Skarsgård) catches up to him just in time to shoot a survivor who was going to shoot Joshua. To avoid being prosecuted for murder, Joshua and Peter run off to join the [[Gauls With Grenades|French Foreign Legion]]. After getting bored with the Foreign Legion, <s>Josh</s> Guy and Pete become mercenaries and end up working for the Serbs in the Bosnian War. During a prisoner exchange, Guy encounters Vera and saves her and her child soon afterward.
Stationed in Paris on embassy guard duty, Josh witnesses the death of his wife and son by [[Terrorists Without a Cause|Muslim]] [[Suicide Attack|suicide bombers]]. Immediately after the funeral of his wife and son, Joshua [[Revenge Before Reason|storms into the nearest mosque and guns down the worshipers inside]]. His buddy Peter (Stellan Skarsgård) catches up to him just in time to shoot a survivor who was going to shoot Joshua. To avoid being prosecuted for murder, Joshua and Peter run off to join the [[Gauls With Grenades|French Foreign Legion]]. After getting bored with the Foreign Legion, <s>Josh</s> Guy and Pete become mercenaries and end up working for the Serbs in the Bosnian War. During a prisoner exchange, Guy encounters Vera and saves her and her child soon afterward.
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* [[A Nazi By Any Other Name]]: the Bosnian, Croat, and Serb soldiers all qualify.
* [[A Nazi by Any Other Name]]: the Bosnian, Croat, and Serb soldiers all qualify.
* [[Anyone Can Die]]
* [[Anyone Can Die]]
* [[Armies Are Evil]]: Played straight with the Balkan factions.
* [[Armies Are Evil]]: Played straight with the Balkan factions.
* [[Ate His Gun]]: Vera tries to do this with Goran's gun right after giving birth, but is [[Interrupted Suicide|stopped by Guy]].
* [[Ate His Gun]]: Vera tries to do this with Goran's gun right after giving birth, but is [[Interrupted Suicide|stopped by Guy]].
* [[Blood On These Hands]]
* [[Blood on These Hands]]
* [[Child By Rape]]: The baby girl
* [[Child by Rape]]: The baby girl
* [[Child Soldiers]]: The little girl who walks up to the guard-post, smiling. Pete offers her some gum. He radios over to Guy, telling him how [[Genre Blindness|he don't give a damn about the Captain's stories]] and how "[[Never Hurt an Innocent|we're not gonna become baby-killers"]]. {{spoiler|[[Death By Irony]]}} ensues.
* [[Child Soldiers]]: The little girl who walks up to the guard-post, smiling. Pete offers her some gum. He radios over to Guy, telling him how [[Genre Blindness|he don't give a damn about the Captain's stories]] and how "[[Never Hurt an Innocent|we're not gonna become baby-killers"]]. {{spoiler|[[Death by Irony]]}} ensues.
* [[Church Militant]]: The Muslims are particularly depicted as such.
* [[Church Militant]]: The Muslims are particularly depicted as such.
** Not really. That's how only [[Unreliable Narrator|Goran]] described them. While Mujahideen from the Arab world did come to assist the Bosnian Muslims, the term was used as a slur in this context as Goran, like many others of his contemporaries, were blinded by nationalist propaganda.
** Not really. That's how only [[Unreliable Narrator|Goran]] described them. While Mujahideen from the Arab world did come to assist the Bosnian Muslims, the term was used as a slur in this context as Goran, like many others of his contemporaries, were blinded by nationalist propaganda.
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* [[Colonel Kilgore]]: The Croat executioner.
* [[Colonel Kilgore]]: The Croat executioner.
* [[Dangerous Deserter]]: Guy is seen as one after gunning down Goran
* [[Dangerous Deserter]]: Guy is seen as one after gunning down Goran
* [[Dead Guy On Display]]: The lynched priest
* [[Dead Guy on Display]]: The lynched priest
* [[Dead Sidekick]]
* [[Dead Sidekick]]
* [[Death By Irony]]: {{spoiler|Pete}}
* [[Death by Irony]]: {{spoiler|Pete}}
* [[Die Laughing]]: Goran laughs at Guy's reprimands and weapon aimed at him. He swings his own gun around, but not fast enough.
* [[Die Laughing]]: Goran laughs at Guy's reprimands and weapon aimed at him. He swings his own gun around, but not fast enough.
* [[Do Not Do This Cool Thing]]: Not this time. The film does a very good job of portraying just how brutally sickening war is.
* [[Do Not Do This Cool Thing]]: Not this time. The film does a very good job of portraying just how brutally sickening war is.
* [[Doomed Hometown]]: Vera's
* [[Doomed Hometown]]: Vera's
* [[Face Death With Dignity]]: {{spoiler|Vera}}
* [[Face Death with Dignity]]: {{spoiler|Vera}}
* [[Genre Blindness]]: Goran advises Guy to not be so naive about the "truce". Peter refuses to believe the stories about [[Child Soldiers]].
* [[Genre Blindness]]: Goran advises Guy to not be so naive about the "truce". Peter refuses to believe the stories about [[Child Soldiers]].
* [[Honor-Related Abuse]]: Vera's father can't abide that she got raped by a Muslim.
* [[Honor-Related Abuse]]: Vera's father can't abide that she got raped by a Muslim.
* [[Infant Immortality]]: Very narrowly subverted, as the baby almost dies several times.
* [[Infant Immortality]]: Very narrowly subverted, as the baby almost dies several times.
* [[Interrupted Suicide]]: Vera, right after [[Child By Rape|giving birth]]
* [[Interrupted Suicide]]: Vera, right after [[Child by Rape|giving birth]]
* [[Kick the Dog]]: All over the place
* [[Kick the Dog]]: All over the place
* [[Kill'Em All]]: The various massacre scenes
* [[Kill'Em All]]: The various massacre scenes
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[[Category:Films of the 1990s]]
[[Category:Films of the 1990s]]
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Latest revision as of 12:57, 3 October 2020

"Hope is worth fighting for."


A 1998 film about the Bosnian war, starring Dennis Quaid as Joshua "Guy" Rose, a U.S. Marine turned mercenary and Nataša Ninković as Vera, the woman he is escorting to a U.N. safe zone.

Stationed in Paris on embassy guard duty, Josh witnesses the death of his wife and son by Muslim suicide bombers. Immediately after the funeral of his wife and son, Joshua storms into the nearest mosque and guns down the worshipers inside. His buddy Peter (Stellan Skarsgård) catches up to him just in time to shoot a survivor who was going to shoot Joshua. To avoid being prosecuted for murder, Joshua and Peter run off to join the French Foreign Legion. After getting bored with the Foreign Legion, Josh Guy and Pete become mercenaries and end up working for the Serbs in the Bosnian War. During a prisoner exchange, Guy encounters Vera and saves her and her child soon afterward.

He becomes her only hope for survival.

She becomes his only hope for redemption.

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