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Did they bother to tell you who I am why I'm doing thisOr are they just using you like they do everybody elseAll I know is you were big in Vietnam I saw the highlights on televisionYou wouldn't have
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That was a bad move, soldier

General Hummel:Did they bother to tell you who I am and why I'm doing this or are they just using you like they do everybody else?John Mason:All I know is that you were big in Vietnam, I saw the highlights on television.General Hummel:Then you probably have no idea what it means to lead some of the finest men on God's earth into combat and then watch their memories get betrayed by their own fucking government.John Mason:I don't quite see how you cherish the memory of the dead by killing another million. And, this is not combat, it's an act of lunacy, General Sir. Personally, I think you're a fucking idiot.General Hummel:"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson.John Mason:"Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious," according to Oscar Wilde.John Mason:Thank you for making my point.General Hummel:WHERE ARE THE guidance chips?General Hummel:WHERE ARE THE GUIDANCE CHIPS?John Mason:I've destroyed them.General Hummel:That was a bad move, soldier

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Did they bother to tell you who I am why I'm doing this
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Or are they just using you like they do everybody else
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All I know is you were big in Vietnam I saw the highlights on television
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You wouldn't have any fucking idea what it means to lead some of the finest men on God's earth into battle
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and then see their memory betrayed by their own fuckin' government
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I don't quite see how you cherish the memory of the dead by killing another million
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And uh this is not combat
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It's an act of lunacy General sir
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Personally I think you're a fuckin' idiot
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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time
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with the blood of patriots and tyrants Thomas Jefferson
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Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious according to Oscar Wilde
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Thank you for making my point
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Where are the guidance chips Where are the guidance chips
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I destroyed them
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That was a bad move soldier
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01:38:08
Uploaded
Mar 06, 2026
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Movie Summary

FBI chemical warfare expert Stanley Goodspeed is sent on an urgent mission with a former British spy, John Patrick Mason, to stop Gen. Francis X. Hummel from launching chemical weapons on Alcatraz Island into San Francisco. Gen. Hummel demands $100 million in war reparations to be paid to the families of slain servicemen who died on covert operations. After their SEAL team is wiped out, Stanley and John deal with the soldiers on their own.

Actors

Ed Harris
General Francis X. Hummel