Sniper

Range me.

Three to five on the legs.

They're coming.

Scan him. Find Cabrera.

At the jeep. Designer sunglasses.

You sure that's him?

l'm reading his rank and name tag.

He's moving.

Six-five-zero. Range me.

Range correct:
6-5-0.

When he clears the civilians,

he's mine.

- Anything?

- No, nothing.

Two more hours.

Damn ! l hate the down time.

Well, you have a leave coming up,

don't you?

Yeah.

That can't be our extraction!

Oh, those dipshits!

l told them no daylight!

Should l pop smoke?

Let's get out of here before those d*cks

page us over the P.A. system!

Come on !

Get back! You're crazy!

He's gone down!

Wait!

Why didn't you let the door gunner

sweep it out first?

My spotter's dead because you a**holes

got here early!

l asked for a night extraction !

l ought to leave you out there,

you son of a b*tch!

We'll be needing both of those, gunny.

He only needs one.

Colonel Weymuth, this is Richard Miller.

- He'll be our man in Panama.

- How do you do?

- Heard a lot about you.

- Come on. Sit down.

lntelligence indicates that there's

a major coup planned...

for election day in Panama.

Colombian drug lord Raoul Ochoa

is bankrolling it.

His plan is to put in

rebel General Miguel Alvarez in power.

We have less than one week

to prevent that.

With his man Alvarez running

the country...

Ochoa could very easily gain access

to the Panama Canal.

We have only one shot at Alvarez...

and it is absolutely critical

that we eliminate the general...

prior to next week's election.

Now, this operation

won't bear congressional scrutiny.

lt must be completely covert.

You won't be getting a medal for this.

But there will be other

tangible benefits.

First one's Alvarez.

Most recent photo

was taken ten days ago.

The ponytail's Ochoa.

Ochoa's never seen outside of Colombia.

That's Alvarez's hacienda.

That's where you'll find him.

That's your shooter.

That's Master Gunnery Sargent

Thomas Beckett.

He's the Marine Corps' top man.

He's logged more time in the jungle

than any other sniper.

On this particular mission,

your function is to be his spotter.

Mr. Miller, should anything happen

to Beckett...

your duty would be to eliminate Alvarez.

- Personally.

- Don't worry about having to shoot him.

Beckett is the best,

and l'm sure it wouldn't come to that.

l may not have any kills...

but I have had men in my sights.

Good.

We're giving you rank on this one:

GS-9.

The mission is under your command.

lt's your responsibility.

Good luck.

Consider it done. Gentlemen.

One last thing.

This assignment is critical.

lf at any point Beckett becomes

a liability...

or he endangers this mission's

covert status...

you're gonna have to take him out.

The embassy's pleased.

They'll mark Cabrera confirmed kill,

classified, on your service jacket.

We're very sorry about your spotfer.

lf was a rebel sniper that gof Papich.

He's sfill ouf there.

Washington is really excited

about these upcoming elections.

Oh? Why is that, sir?

Our policy is to see this country

have a freely-elected government.

That could happen in a couple of months.

You know it'll be the usual damn thing.

People will be too scared to vote.

Well, whatever you and l

may think, Tom...

Washington feels that this is the right

time to go after the rebel leadership.

You're sending it my way, sir?

Yes, l am.

We're getting a little long in the tooth

for this kind of thing, Tom.

But l figured that this would make

a great capper for a fine career.

The National Security Council is sending

a guy along to help- a shooter.

- He's coming with full plans.

- A civilian?

Just hold on.

Take a look.

The army shooting team

plucked this guy right out of ROTC.

He took a silver in the '88 Olympics.

After his discharge the N.S.C. assigned

him to a Washington D.C. SWAT team.

lt's all in there.

Take a look.

Has he ever been in a jungle?

Does he speak any Spanish?

This is not a matter of choice.

Just trust me.

Anybody the N.S.C. sends down here

is gonna be fully qualified.

Hey, yo!

What do you got in there anyway?

A bassoon.

With the Marine Corps band, right?

Exactly.

New Psy-ops strategy. We're gonna

charm the rebels, like snakes.

Whip a charm on this!

Sh*t, Ripoly! Whip a charm!

Hey, take a swig.

lt'll burn through that frost you got.

Give me your battle dressing!

Jesus Christ!

We got wounded!

Jesus Christ!

Baker, stand by!

We're hit!

Where is he? Anyone got a visual?

There he is! Get him!

- He's on your side! Get him!

- You're gonna get us all killed!

For Christ's sake! Take it down !

- He's shooting at us!

- Use your f***ing weapons!

What the-

We're gonna die!

Oh, God! We're gonna die!

Kill him!

Get us out of here!

Come on ! Shoot him!

Hit him! Come on ! Go!

Come on !

Jesus Christ! You got him

with a sniper rifle!

Yeah.

- How about a game?

- l got a game.

- Can l get a beer?

- Coming up.

So you're going down south

towards the border.

l'm not at liberty

to discuss my mission.

How do you feel

about hanging on a charm bracelet?

Come again?

You better take a good look

at Master Beckett's dog tag collection.

Got any money?

Yeah. l'll play for money.

l said l already got a game.

l'm talking about holding on

to your cash...

while you're out in the jungle.

Better do it.

Those rebels can fund a whole offensive

on what they take off you.

l'm ready for a game now.

He doesn't have time for a game.

GS-9 Miller?

A lot of attitude around here.

Welcome to "Marine World.'

Those people thought you were a sniper.

lt's an outcast profession.

They always go out in platoon strength.

We go out in pairs, sometimes alone.

Their idea of combat

is tearing up the countryside...

with heavy artillery

and millions of rounds.

We'll wait days for one shot, one kill.

Well, l guess it's a different

version of war.

There's a lot of them

and just a few of us.

What's that?

Sometimes these shells

get nicks and burs on them.

This little son of a b*tch

will take your head of at 1,000 yards.

Have you had a chance to look over

our operations plan?

Yeah, l have,

but l wanna study it a little more.

All right. Forget the specifics.

How about an overview?

We'll get to that later.

l have a few things l have to do.

See you at 5- 0500.

Having had.

Having had what?

Breakfast.

This is Corporal Papich's gillie suit.

ls that our ride?

No. That's our ride.

l thought this was a deep jungle

insertion. Don't we do that by chopper?

Yeah, that's the usual S.O.P.

But those a**hole rotor heads

at battalion-

they f***ed with me

one time too many.

We're gonna have to walk it in.

My fiancee.

You married?

What's that?

Got it out of the catalogue

when l was with D.C. SWAT.

We called it "Gucciflage'

- You gonna wear that?

- Yeah.

Let me see it.

- Nice shot!

- No room for Peter Pan on this hunt.

You wear Corporal Papich's tree togs

that l gave you.

What the hell are those for?

Respect.

Still think a chopper insertion would

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