Beasts of No Nation Page #4

Pack it up.

- Pack it up.

- Sir.

Ah-ha!

Go and bring me my charge.

Agu!

Sir! I find this.

- Sir! I find this.

- Why don't you open it?

I find this.

Oh!

Uh-huh.

Yes.

Agu!

Where is he?

Agu!

Go shut your f***ing mouth.

Yes, sir!

Agu, you are going to kill this man.

Please.

I'm supposed to be fixing the bridges.

You are going to kill him today.

I not be a soldier.

Please, sir.

I'm an engineering student

from the university in the capital.

I'm supposed to be

fixing the bridges,

- not be a...

- Shut up!

Shut your mouth.

Pass me something for this guy.

- Nah, that's too big.

- It will be cutlass.

Yeah, I see.

Does he have strength for this?

Yeah, he is strong. You can do it.

Preacher, put him on his ass.

Put him on his ass! On his ass!

Agu, come.

So when you are chopping wood,

lift up high-high. Up, high.

Uh-huh!

Then when you are ready,

you come down so well-well into the flesh.

You have chopped melon before? Melon?

- You have chopped melon before? Melon?

- Please, no.

Well, this is not a melon.

- Well, this is not a melon.

- Please, no.

I said shut your mouth, huh?

Shut your mouth.

You are making it hard.

This is hard.

It's hard,

so you must split him good.

Huh? Agu, these are the ones

that killed your father.

Huh?

Go on.

Go on.

Shut up!

- Shut up!

- Please. Please.

Agu, go on.

Agu!

Please, no.

Chop him good-good.

Please!

These are the ones,

the dogs that kill your father.

Where is your mother?

Please...

Agu, these are the ones

that killed your father!

Chop that head!

Chop him!

Agu, come on!

Ahh!

Strika, help your brotha.

Good.

That's right.

Watch his blood.

That is what you call justice. Hmm.

God... I have killed a man.

It is the worst sin...

but I am knowing too,

it is the right thing to be doing.

Tripod!

- Tripod!

- Yes, sir.

This will be the Commandant's car.

Take this f***er out.

He is filthy.

Two-I-C! Two-I-C!

Give this to my charge. Huh?

This will be the Commandant's car.

- This will be the Commandant's car.

- Yes, sir.

If you are losing it,

then I am losing you.

Hmm!

Uh-huh.

This...

- You are driving?

- Okay to move out.

Everyone, get ready to move out.

Get ready to move out, Agu.

You got this stuff from where?

From dead bodies?

Everybody is calling you "Strika." Why?

Are you liking war?

Hey, I'm asking you a question,

and you are not talking.

Are you having family?

I am thinking about my mom...

my brother...

and my little sister.

Are you stupid?

Why are you not talking?

I am asking a question.

You are not talking.

Go! Go! Fast!

Go! Go, go!

I got you, Strika.

Where is he?

- Where is he?

- Keep going, keep going.

Grass cutter! Grass cutter!

Grass cutter!

Left, left, left.

And you're having

any food that you want,

from chicken, cow,

fruit and vegetable...

Any kind of fish that you want, we got.

The fisherman is bringing it from the sea.

There's nothing you cannot have there.

And the best thing of this place,

this town of abundant resources,

is the women.

Hey, the women are too beautiful there!

Too beautiful.

Ah! The next thing you know, your soldier

will be standing to attention.

They are having bottoms

with specifications so nice

that the ground where they're sitting down

is also rejoicing.

And they know...

they know how to be treating a man.

How to make him feel good,

kisses and all that, huh?

Last time I was there,

my soldier was hurting.

I couldn't stand up, eh!

But you will see

because you are going there yourselves.

Hmm?

You will see with

your own eyes, gentlemen.

Mmm-hmm.

Commandant, sir!

Who is this?

- Who is this?

- Refugees from the village, sir.

They said the PLF and the NRC

took their village three days ago.

They killed most of the town,

but they let these ones go.

Hmm.

Well, let us be giving

their village back, huh?

Yes, sir.

Look at that.

They are cutting people's hands.

F***ing PLF.

Radio!

- Radio!

- Yes, sir.

Two-I-C!

- Two-I-C!

- Roger, you are loud.

Report!

Uh, we are facing heavy fire, sir. Over.

Can you take the bridge?

It's very difficult, sir.

Men are fighting bravely,

but I don't know if we can

hold too much longer. Over.

Press on!

- Press on!

- Roger. We need support, sir.

Some of our men are injured.

The men's spirits are low.

Sir, do you copy?

Sir?

- Sir?

- Can you take the bridge?

Copy, sir. We will reapply pressure

and push for the bridge. Over.

Take the bridge!

That is your task! Mortar.

- That is your task! Mortar.

- Yes, sir!

Your ammo now!

- Your ammo now!

- Ammunition ready, sir!

Stand by!

Agu and Strika.

Yes, sir!

See this thing, huh?

This is a very special device.

We can be seeing the enemy

even when the enemy is hiding.

Come.

Wait, Strika.

Ah! There you go. See our guys.

Look, we are taking them.

You see?

Fire!

See that?

- See that?

- Yeah.

That is magic. Huh?

We want to take that bridge.

Now we are going to

take that bridge.

Formation!

- Formation!

- Formation!

That bridge, we are taking it!

Yes, sir.

Better look me in the eyes,

motherf***er.

Who wants to fight?

Uh-huh.

I'm only taking the brave!

I'm not taking the scared.

I'm not taking no girls.

Are you ready to fight?

- Are you ready to fight?

- Yes, sir!

Are you ready to fight?

- Are you ready to fight?

- Yes, sir!

You want to take that bridge?

- You want to take that bridge?

- Yes, sir!

We're gonna take that f***ing bridge?

- We're gonna take that f***ing bridge?

- Yes, sir!

F***ing PLF!

F***ing PLF!

No retreat!

- No retreat!

- No surrender!

No retreat!

- No retreat!

- No surrender!

We're moving!

We're moving!

- No retreat!

- No surrender!

We're moving!

No retreat!

- No retreat!

- No surrender!

- Move it!

- Move it!

Move it! Move it!

Move it!

Our Father,

from dust we were created.

We shall go back to dust.

Eleven of my men. Gone.

I commit my fellow soldiers

into your hands.

May their soul rest in peace. Amen.

I am now knowing

the smell of the dead.

They are sweet like sugarcane

and rotten like palm wine.

And when they stay in the sun, they are

growing plump like brown mangoes.

Very true, sir.

Strika.

What?

You have your next mission. Stand by.

You are loud, Supremo.

Capture the central regions,

capital city, Bov.

When you accomplish that,

I will promulgate an order

making you Brigadier General.

You'll be a general before

we finally seize the capital city.

Yes, sir.

It is a challenge, sir.

But I promise you,

it's mission possible. Over.

Well, then, next time I see you,

I'll be speaking to a general.

And how is your Two-I-C performing? Over.

Two-I-C? Sorry, sir.

What do you mean "Two-I-C"?

I've always rated

that young man.

Well, Two-I-C is

a formidable soldier.

Over.

Teach him

the ways of a good commander.

Yes, sir.

Now, take Bov.

Keep that spirit up,

and bring us closer to victory.

Of course, Supremo. Over.

You want to be a general,

don't you, Commandant?

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