Dead Mine

Hey.

The victims say the thieves

left them terrified for their lives.

This is the third raid on a luxury yacht

in this region in the past three weeks.

Aah! Aah!

They're amazing.

Just looks like another heap of earth to me.

Warren, may I?

Of course.

Stanley.

Hey, Stanley.

You got something?

I don't know.

Papa!

Aah!

You're an asshole.

Yes, sir.

Captain, your commander assured me that these men were professionals.

Do you think maybe you could keep them on a tighter leash?

Sergeant Ular's one of my best men.

He did not mean any harm.

We're here to explore, not to violate.

Sergeant? -Yes, sir.

No more jokes. -Yes.

It won't happen again.

Good.

Just make sure it doesn't.

So, should we take a look?

Yes.

You coming?

Um, no, you go.

Have fun.

Pryce.

We can't stay long.

If you want to hit those coordinates you gave me before...

We'll take as long as we need, Captain.

Look at him, our fearless leader.

How long have you worked for him?

I don't. Well, not directly.

Been out in the Manila Division the past four years,

keeping my head down, minding my own business.

I just got the call last week.

Drop everything, the CΕO's son needs an engineer.

So here I am, by appointment to the prince.

So that's your new boyfriend, Ario?

Piss off, Djoko.

Sorry.

What's he looking for out here?

You got any idea?

No.

Well, what do you think?

The fountain of youth?

The lost world?

Valley of Gwangi?

You're not even curious?

I'm not here to ask questions.

No, I guess not.

Me, every time I start a newjob, I like to know the basics.

You know, what are the hours and is the pay any good?

Is anyone going to be trying to shoot my head off?

You've seen something?

No, nothing solid.

Just got a feeling.

A lot of pirate activity around these islands, you know.

Mostly small-scale stuff from what I've heard, but...

It's nothing we can't handle.

No, I'm sure.

So, this your regular kind of detail?

No.

This is more like, what's it called, penance?

Last mission went bad.

We lost a man.

I'm sorry.

For what it's worth, I know how you feel.

I did eight years British Army, last four in Afghanistan,

saw a lot of men die.

Wish I could tell you it gets easier.

I'm not planning on losing any more.

Well?

We're close.

There.

What are we looking at?

Dead mine.

Colonial, probably Dutch.

They're all over these islands,

abandoned when the Japanese occupied in '42.

Εxcept this one...

This one was repurposed.

Repurposed? How?

When the Japanese invaded, they took some of these mines

and reinforced them to use as military bunkers.

So this is what we've come to find?

This is it.

Is it safe to go in?

If you're not worried about a couple of hundred tons of hillside

coming down on top of you.

There are signs of recent seismic activity.

I need to check it out.

The whole place could be unstable.

How long?

To do a thorough job, a couple of hours at least.

Well, what are you waiting for then?

Get started.

Can I ask you a question?

Yes.

How did you get hooked up with a guy like Pryce?

I mean, him, I get.

He's out here on some Boy's Own adventure.

Thinks he's Allan bloody Quartermain.

But you, you seem smart, serious.

This isn't just a holiday for you.

I came here for my own research.

What kind of research?

This time in our history,

the Second World War,

it's very complex.

There are still many questions.

I want to know how those men could do the things they did.

What was inside their heads.

You want to know how a soldier thinks?

Well, that's easy enough.

The way you make a soldier is you take a human being

and you reengineer him.

You break him down to the essence of what he's made of,

and then you build him back up again,

except this time,

you leave something different at the heart of him.

Duty, obedience,

whatever you want to call it.

It's something that tells him that it's okay to kill a man.

More than okay, it's his purpose.

You take a man, and you turn him into a weapon.

That's what a soldier is.

He's not just a man anymore.

He's a weapon waiting to be fired.

And you?

You were one of these weapons?

Once upon a time, yeah.

Now, not so much.

You think all soldiers are the same?

I don't know.

I haven't met them all yet.

Old movie.

You like history?

Yeah, sure.

Κeep within the perimeter.

We don't know what's out there.

He thinks I'm an idiot.

Don't worry about what he thinks.

You're the one with the money.

You're in charge. -Yeah, I know. I'm just...

This waiting around, it's killing me.

It won't be long now.

What was that?

Uh, I think I've been stung.

Aah!

Get down!

Get down on the ground!

Pryce!

Hyah!

Captain, take cover!

Shit.

Yah!

Get in fast!

Get out of the way!

Fall back! Fall back!

Aah!

Into the mine!

Get into the mine!

Run!

Go! Go! Come on, Go!

Run! Run!

Get in fast! Get in!

Hey, Ario!

Hey, you okay?

I think so.

Stanley, quickly!

Okay, over here.

Hey, some help here!

Pull. One, two, three!

My leg! Aah aah aah!

Aah!

Just hold your breath.

Is he gonna be okay?

Yeah, he'll be fine.

Can you give me a hand?

Captain, you got a minute?

Captain.

What's the situation?

We're not getting back out this way.

Any other options?

Well, we could try moving deeper inside and hope there's another way out.

Is it safe?

Your guess is as good as mine.

We still got communications?

Fuck.

Shit.

Who were they out there, pirates?

I don't know, maybe.