I've only seen this film once, but there was one sequence when I was distracted by the phone ringing, and when I came back to the movie, I thought I saw Clint Eastwood's character machine gunning an enemy soldier who was lying on the ground. I wasn't looking at the screen when I heard the machine gun firing, and when I looked up, Eastwood was standng over a dead body. Did Eastwood machine gun this guy while he was on the ground, or did I get it wrong as usual?
shareClint's character definitely shot the Cuban soldier as he lay on the group (to finish him off after already shooting him beforehand).
I watched this movie last night so it's very fresh in my mind.
So what you're saying is that the Cuban had already been wounded when Clint shot him on the ground, In essence, he was putting him out of his misery.
OK. That's makes sense. Thanks
Yeah, the rest of the platoon created a diversion while Clint came up on the Cubans from behind. When the Cubans fled, Clint was there, and he shot them. When the platoon get to the soldiers, Clint shoots one of the bodies to finish them off, and then takes the man's cigar.
Gr. Arg.
The soldier was wounded and breathing. Just seconds earlier, Eastwood had shot him and his buddies. Eastwood did not know if there were more enemies in the immediate area, and he did not know whether the wounded soldier was still armed and/or able to continue fighting.
Shooting soldiers who are unarmed and/or not fighting is perfectly fine. Shoot the radioman. Shoot anybody who only carries a sidearm. Shoot the sentry before he sees you. Shoot the guy who is pulling his buddy to safety. Shoot the guy who is running away. Shoot the guy who just woke up. Shoot the cook. Shoot the general's aide. Don't shoot the medic if he isn't armed and isn't fighting. Shoot him first if he is.
Shooting soldiers who have been captured AND secured is not to be tolerated, but you better be careful about assuming that enemy soldiers are helpless, dead, or incapacitated.
Lots of living soldiers have stories about being wounded and then continuing to fight.
Lots of dead soldiers walked past barely breathing corpses that somehow found the strength to fire one more time. A dying man is a man to be feared because he has nothing to lose.
In the midst of a battle, you remain my enemy while you are still breathing.