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''Southern Comfort'' is a 1981 American action/thriller film directed by Walter Hill and written by Michael Kane, and Hill and his longtime collaborator David Giler. It stars Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward, T. K. Carter, Franklyn Seales, and Peter Coyote. The film, set in 1973, features a Louisiana Army National Guard squad of nine on weekend maneuvers in rural bayou country as they antagonize some local Cajun people and become hunted. ==Plot== A squad of nine Louisiana National Guard soldiers convene in a Louisiana swamp for weekend maneuvers. Joining the squad is Corporal Hardin (Boothe), a cynical transfer from the Texas National Guard, who quickly becomes disgusted with the behavior and arrogance of the men. A professional engineer and a married man in his civilian life, he wants no part of a date with prostitutes that PFC Spencer (Carradine) has arranged for the men. Nevertheless, he is befriended by the amiable Spencer, the two seeming to agree that they are the only level-headed soldiers in the squad. The squad sets out on patrol and soon gets disoriented. They come across a campsite with several pirogues, seemingly left temporarily abandoned. They will need to turn back unless they steal the pirogues and continue on. Making the difficult decision to do so, the squad leader, Staff Sergeant Poole (Peter Coyote) orders the squad into three pirogues and ride across the swamp. As the squad sets out, a group of Cajun trappers return and yell at the soldiers for having taken their pirogues. In response, PFC Stuckey jokingly fires blanks from his M-60 machine gun at the trappers. The trappers dive for cover and return fire, killing Poole and sending the squad into a frenzy as they make their way to safety. Sgt. Casper (Les Lannom), the strict, yet inexperienced and unpopular second-in-command, orders the squad to continue the "mission." After burying Poole, the squad discovers that Cpl. Reece (Ward) secretly brought along a box of live ammunition for hunting purposes. Casper divides the ammo evenly amongst the squad in order to better their chances of defense. Upon reaching the shack of a one-armed French-only speaking local Cajun hunter and trapper (Brion James), Casper orders he be placed under arrest. An emotionally unstable soldier, Cpl. Bowden (Carlos Brown), then uses a jar filled with gasoline to burn the shack igniting the explosives inside, blowing up the house. The soldiers begin to feel more threatened. Hearing the barking of dogs, they hope they are about to be rescued. However, the dogs belong to the Cajuns who are now hunting the soldiers because of Stuckey's actions. Fending off the dog attacks with their rifle butts, the squad begins to realize that lethal traps have been set for them. Pvt. Cribbs (T.K. Carter) walks into one, a spear bed built into a spring released cradle frame, and is speared to death. Cribbs and Poole are buried before the squad camps for the night. In the morning, Hardin sees Reece trying to get the captured Cajun to talk by dunking his head in the swamp. The two soldiers get into a fight. The Cajun directs Hardin's attention to a nearby tree and tells him to kill Reece. Hardin takes a bayonet and stabs Reece against the tree, finally killing him. The Cajun prisoner escapes and the squad buries Reece. Spotting a helicopter overhead, the soldiers frantically try to get its attention. Stuckey becomes separated from the squad and slips into quicksand in the process. Failing in their attempt to attract the helicopter's attention, increasingly angry at Casper's ineptitude, Spencer takes charge of the squad, which then splits up to search for Stuckey, to no avail. A Cajun position is spotted, and Casper fixes his bayonet to his rifle and charges, only to be shot dead. Simms arrives on the scene and breaks down over the situation, only to be shot dead as well. The remaining trio of Spencer, Hardin and the addled Bowden (who has been disarmed and tied up) escape and camp for the night. They awaken at morning's light by a freight train and discover train tracks nearby. Bowden is hanging in a noose from the bridge, and the escaped Cajun prisoner appears on the tracks overhead. Now speaking fluent English, he warns Spencer and Hardin to leave the Cajuns' territory while they still can, giving them directions on how to get out. He possibly spared Spencer and Hardin as they were the only two who came to his rescue when Simms slugged him and when Reece water-tortured him. Heeding the advice, Spencer and Hardin hitch a ride with a Cajun couple who take them to a pig roast in a nearby Cajun village. As Spencer happily mixes with the villagers, a wary Hardin sees a group of trappers arriving - ostensibly in search of them. Hiding out in a shed, Hardin is discovered by the trappers, who shoot and wound him in the arm. After a violent struggle wherein the pair kill a trapper and wound another, they frantically leave the village and re-enter the swamp. As they flee, a helicopter appears overhead and they come upon an unidentified truck driving towards them. The film ends as they see that the truck bears U.S. Army markings. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Southern Comfort (1981 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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