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Synopsis: As informal punishment for an unwitting affair with admiral Gregory Maitland's adulterous wife, Sam Axe, a US Navy Commander, was sent to Colombia to observe the suspected rebel movement Espada Ardiente ('Burning Sword'). Now he's under investigation for allegedly consorting with those alleged terrorists. He explains how he discovered that his Colombian army liaison Comandante Veracruz was the real drug dealers cahoot, who pailed on framing Axe and presumably innocent farmers for the bombing of an American-run Andes clinic. Sam escaped and tried to help the civilians and forces CIA observers to demand urgent help. He even found a trump card to avoid conviction for his illegal methods and a favorable discharge.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Jeffrey Donovan
Production: Fox Television Studios
 
IMDB:
7.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
TV-PG
Year:
2011
120 min
347 Views


I should die here.

Now, look, kid, this is not over.

Not by a long shot.

We're gonna get through this.

And I've been around long enough to know, when

this is all over, there's gonna be hell to pay.

You want something to live for?

You wanna help your friends?

'Cause I got a job for you.

You any good with a camera?

So I figured if anybody could get away

clean after that little skirmish, it was a kid.

And a kid with connections at

the largest newspaper in Colombia?

Well, that could be mighty handy.

I had her grab one of the cameras

from the C.I.A. outpost...

...and take pictures- a lot of them--

...of everyone and everything.

Then get herself down to Bogot

and go back to her dad's old newspaper.

# Hey, Snow White #

# It's gonna be all right

It's gonna be all right #

# Hey, Snow White #

# It's gonna be all right

It's gonna be all right ##

And once she got there

to talk to someone she trusted...

about putting together

a couple of stories.

One of these stories

should be in today's paper.

in fact, sir, isn't there a piece

on the front page today about Luis...

...talking about how he died

under mysterious circumstances?

There was, yes.

Oh, how interesting.

Why don't we all take a break?

Yes, sir.

You don't really think that anyone's

gonna take this girl's word...

...over that of the United States military?

Well, the girl did have extensive access

to a covert C. I.A. outpost, sir.

I mean, imagine what she saw

and took pictures of.

Tell me, what happens when spies

who are under official cover...

...get their pictures in the paper?

- That can't be good, right?

- You wouldn't dare.

This is the sort of thing that you don't want

revealed to the world, Admiral.

And it's gonna be. Things that could

end a guy's military career.

And I'm not talking about mine.

What do you want?

Thanks for asking.

First you let my friends go.

Then you rebuild the clinic.

The Flaming Sword guys

go back to their goats.

I get an honorable discharge.

And we keep our mouths shut

about this forever.

in the words of my buddy Mike Westen--

"This is the kind of secret

that stays a secret. "

That's blackmail.

No, actually, sir,

I believe this form of extortion...

...is known as "graymail. "

It's much nicer than blackmail.

I believe we're done here, sir.

# Shake a leg, shake a leg #

Agreement between Commander Sam Axe

and the United States military court.

Under the terms of this agreement--

Commander Axe hereby agrees

not to discuss, reveal...

...or otherwise disclose his activities...

...between January 22 and

January 31 of the year 2005.

He's to receive the following:

an honorable discharge with full pension,

a change of clothes...

...first-class air transport to the city

of his choosing and one ice-cold beer.

Executed February 20, 2005

by Rear Admiral James G. Lawrence--

United States Navy.

- Welcome to Miami, Mr. Axe.

- Thank you.

# The sun is shining bright #

# Spending my time

going nowhere #

# It's good to be alive ##

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Matt Nix

Matthew E. "Matt" Nix (born September 4, 1971) is an American writer, producer, and director. He is best known for creating the USA Network television series Burn Notice, the Fox series The Good Guys and more recently the Fox series The Gifted. more…

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