maturity and shear stupidity, bravo may have been spared however there wouldn't be much of a movie either. Cultural differences also contribute a a persons personality. The black officer was a reminder of that in addition to be a token black character so that African Americans who viewed this movie could identify with it. He was a vessel for the black community and his views were meant to symbolize their views of society, the Vietnam war and their place in both. So it is not surprising that this his feelings of being shut out from the rest of the group was a metaphor for the situation of the African American community in the 70's and before. The scene where that officer is killed in a trap set for Bravo only demonstrates the fact that racial prejudice existed in Hollywood even in the 80's because he was the only black person in bravo and he died protecting the white troops which correlates to the Vietnam war where a great number of black soldiers died because they were order to stand point by the commanding officer. Now their hunters, the Cajuns, are an interesting group as far as how the director chose to have them perceived. It is interesting to see how the director played around with the notion of innocence. At first it was the Cajuns whom the director wished the audience to sympathize with because of their are being victimized by Bravo team. And then, he turns the tables on the audience as Bravo is being attacked by the Cajuns and lose their CO (commanding Officer).In addition the team is relentlessly pursued by a group of violent Cajuns that are looking to kill them all.Are they an innocent group brutally attacked by the Louisiana national guard or are they a bunch of brutal savages from a culture that is stuck a hundred years in the past? It is only a matter of perception and perception is subjective by nature. It is defined by what an individual perceives and not by what it is. Guild and innocence are only differentiated by pe...
