Beasts of No Nation Page #3

Synopsis: Follows the journey of a young boy, Agu, who is forced to join a group of soldiers in a fictional West African country. While Agu fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination Depicts the mechanics of war and does not shy away from explicit, visceral detail, and paints a complex, difficult picture of Agu as a child soldier.
Genre: Drama, War
Director(s): Cary Joji Fukunaga
Production: Netflix
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 33 wins & 53 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
79
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
NOT RATED
Year:
2015
137 min
$83,861
Website
2,276 Views


- How the Commandant look?

- All right, sir!

- How our Commandant look?

- All right, sir!

You are now under NDF control.

If you're willing to stay, then stay.

But you must be initiated.

Am I clear?

- Am I clear?

- Yes, sir!

They are not understanding me, boys.

Show them what I'm talking about.

Raise... Put up your f***ing hands!

- Raise... Put up your f***ing hands!

- Check them. Check them. Make sure...

Bring me the small boy.

This way.

CO Hope!

Yes, sir.

This baby boy is your responsibility now.

Train him.

Yes, sir! Come over.

Come over! F***ing move!

Let's move. Move. Move.

Move.

Please, can I have some of the food?

Please, can I have some of the food?

You think you are soldier now, eh?

You's nothing.

You're not doing nothing here.

I carry ammunition all day.

You! Hey! Hey! Move!

What? What I do?

- What? What I do?

- Wake up!

You go back and

stand on top of the chair.

Do it!

I said go and stand

on top of the chair!

Yeah. And salute!

Two-I-C, go and call Strika to my house.

CO Hope!

Send Strika to Commandant!

Strika, go.

Where you go get

this thing from?

Two-I-C tell me

to train this boy.

Show me position! Make sure you are clear.

Move them, now!

Yes, sir!

First group, move!

You stay together! You stay together!

Close the space.

You're too far.

Where are you looking at?

Where are you looking? Eh?

Look at your enemy.

Change!

God... I want to be

seeing my mother again.

Two-I-C is saying,

small-small we are winning this war.

And then if you are willing,

I can be finding her again.

But, only you know.

The National Reformation Council

took advantage of this instability

and militarily seized power

to restore UPC dominance.

We NDF refuse to recognize

this illegitimate government.

Who are we?

- Who are we?

- We are NDF.

I said who are we?

- I said who are we?

- We are NDF!

Our very own politicians,

who steal our resources

and give them away for small-small dollar

in exchange for private pay-offs,

they are spit on the constitution!

They are spit on your rights!

They are trying to spit on your future!

I say, who is your Supreme Commandant?

Dada Goodblood!

I say, who do you fight for?

- I say, who do you fight for?

- Dada Goodblood!

In the battlefield,

you not be thinking normally.

Do you hear me?

- Do you hear me?

- Yes, sir!

The only thing mattering

is the mission of the NDF!

Am I clear?

- Am I clear?

- Yes, sir!

- Soldiers, are you hearing me?

- Yes, sir!

You fight and kill anyone

who destroys the peace.

Yes, sir!

Offside, offside! That's what I saw.

Offside, offside! Offside!

Hey, stop it!

All right, stop it!

Native Defense Forces!

How does your Commandant look?

- How does your Commandant look?

- All right, sir!

How does your Commandant look?

- How does your Commandant look?

- All right, sir!

What is it that has brought

this big family of strangers together?

Was it fear?

- Was it fear?

- No, sir!

Was it war?

- Was it war?

- Yes, sir!

We were defending ourselves.

We have to get revenge. Huh?

We have been defending ourselves

against the killings and rapings

of our own people from the PLF

and now from the NRC junta.

But it has awakened a sleeping beast.

It has awakened a giant.

It has put the weapons of this war

back in the hands of you,

the young and, therefore, the powerful.

Young men! Wealth?

We will not wait

to inherit any wealth. Huh?

We will not wait for them

to come and give it to us.

No, sir!

We are going to take it.

- We are going to take it.

- Yes, sir!

We're going to take it from them.

- We're going to take it from them.

- Yes, sir!

Seize it!

- Seize it!

- Yes, sir!

All of you that have

never been listened to before

and have seen your family killed, huh,

you now have something

that stands for you.

You now have something

that stands for you!

That is your defense.

That is your defense.

That is your family's blood.

- That is your family's blood.

- Yes, sir!

Victory!

- Victory!

- Victory!

Victory!

- Victory!

- Victory!

We are going to seize it!

- We are going to seize it!

- Victory!

Victory!

- Victory!

- Victory!

You are my family.

You must die...

before you are reborn.

The spirits have blessed you...

and cleansed you.

To the enemy, you are invincible.

But there are rules we must follow...

to keep the spirits happy...

to remain pure.

Enemy never see you again!

You are fortified!

You are fortified, eh?

Hey!

Our enjoyment is over.

Now it is time for war.

We are warring.

We did enjoy our camp...

but from here we are moving.

Moving forward.

We are not to stay here.

Don't be leaving anything

for the enemy to be using.

We are going to burn it down.

Am I clear?

- Am I clear?

- Yes, sir!

You are dismissed.

- You are dismissed.

- Yes, sir. Thank you.

COs dismissed!

- COs dismissed!

- Thank you, sir.

All of you, pack your weapons.

Be ready to move.

Moving out in one hour!

Ah-ha!

Make sure this thing is burned.

- The whole place!

- Yes, sir!

Don't make me be

waiting for you, soldiers!

- Yes, sir!

- Yes, sir!

Got all of it?

We are leaving nothing for them to find.

Burn it down!

All of it!

Iron Jacket.

This is Supremo.

You are loud, Supremo.

Report.

We are supplied

and moving. Over.

Make sure all the guns are clean.

Strike at your first opportunity.

They have been

buried for a long time.

Make sure they work.

Seize supplies.

Map victories.

This will keep the spirit up,

despite the UN embargo.

Roger. Well copied, sir.

Our fight is a just one.

Being a freedom fighter is discipline,

obedience and loyalty.

Roger.

We remain ever loyal to Supreme HQ, sir.

Standing by for future orders. Over.

Keep moving. Keep fighting.

Over and out.

This here.

This is the route where we are now.

Listen. From here, we must go down.

And wait by that road there.

Because I think something

is coming across there.

Yes, sir.

Move. Move!

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

Agu! Agu!

Come. Come.

Hey!

Hey! Why? Where do you go?

Come over! F***! Fly!

Preacher, give me the ganja.

Hey, hey.

Agu, you know,

ambush rule number one, no noise.

You keep quiet.

Keep very quiet.

If even a snake bite your legs,

you keep quiet.

You get hit, you keep quiet.

What is the rule number one in ambush?

No talking,

even if snake is biting you.

Okay.

You talk, enemies come around,

we all go die.

Right.

Psst! Psst! Enemies.

They are coming.

Everybody, be quiet. They are coming.

Get ready.

Go, go, go.

RPG! RPG!

Agu! Ammo!

Ammo!

Hey, you! Go!

Cut them off!

Where's the f***ing ammo?

...fire!

Cease fire!

Cease fire!

Agu! My ammo box!

You want me to die?

Search this vehicle.

Search all the vehicles.

Yes, sir!

- Yes, sir!

- I want them disarmed.

I want them disrobed.

I want this victory mapped.

Map them. Map this victory.

Controller, map them!

- Controller, map them!

- Yes, sir!

This vehicle, all the bodies,

I want them pockets searched.

All of it! Search them good-good.

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