The Last American Soldier (1988)

1980s action hero actual animal killed acupuncturist aerial shot ak 47 amateur radio ambush american american abroad ammunition anger animal killing anti hero armored car army army base army colonel army sergeant army truck army veteran arrest attempted murder b movie bag over head bandanna bare chested male battle battlefield bazooka beaten to death beating beer can behind enemy lines beret betrayal binoculars bleeding to death blood blood on shirt blood splatter boat body count body in a river bodyguard bomb bombardment booby trap bravery brawl breaking and entering bridge brutality bulletproof vest cambodia camouflage camp site campsite cannon canteen captain cargo ship cassette player character name in title character repeating someone else's dialogue character's point of view camera shot chase chess set child in peril child murder cigar smoking cigarette lighter cigarette smoking climbing through window cold war colonel combat commander commando commando mission commando raid commando unit comrade corpse courage crash site cremation cruelty cult film cut arm cyanide pill damsel in distress danger death death of father death of friend death of loved one death of mother death of wife decapitation deception deformity destruction detonator disarming someone disguise docks doctor double barreled shotgun double cross dragging a body dripping blood dual wield dying words dynamite electronic music score equipment escape escape attempt espionage ex soldier exploding body exploding building exploding car exploding factory exploding helicopter exploding house exploding hut exploding tank exploding truck exploitation explosion explosive face paint face slap factory faked death falling down a hill falling downhill falling from height falling into river father daughter relationship fear fictional war field fight fight to the death fighting final battle final showdown fire fistfight flashlight foot chase forest freedom freedom fighter friendship funeral pyre game playing gas attack gash in the face gasoline gatling gun general gore government grenade launcher grindhouse guard guerilla warfare gun fu gunfight ham radio hand grenade hand to hand combat handcuffs hatred head butt heavy rain held at gunpoint held captive helicopter helicopter chase hell hero heroism hiding in a tree hiding under the floor hit with a rifle butt hostage husband wife relationship hut impalement independent film interracial couple interracial friendship interracial relationship interrogation jealousy jumping from a tree jumping from height jumping through a window jungle jungle warfare kicked in the chest kicked in the face kicked in the stomach kidnapping kneed in the chest knife knife in the chest knocked out knocked out with a gun butt lifted by the throat lighthouse loss of friend loss of loved one loss of mother loss of wife love interest low budget film machete machine gun machismo major man kills a woman map martial artist martial arts martial arts master massacre medicine memory mercenary mercilessness military military jeep military police mirror missile mission mixed martial arts mother daughter relationship mud mud fight murder murder of a pregnant woman neck breaking north vietnam oil refinery old man old woman one against many one man army one word title opening action scene order palm tree panic paranoia partner photograph pistol pregnancy pregnant woman pregnant woman murdered presumed dead prisoner prisoner of war promise psychotronic psychotronic film punched in the chest punched in the face punched in the stomach radio operator rainforest rebel rebel army rebellion redemption regret rescue rescue mission resistance resistance fighter revenge revolver rivalry river rocket launcher rope russian russian accent russian army sabotage sadism sadist scar search light self mutilation self sacrifice sergeant set on fire sewer ship ship captain shooting shootout shot in the arm shot in the back shot in the chest shot in the forehead shot in the head shot in the leg shot in the shoulder shot in the side shot in the stomach shot in the throat shot through a door shot through a window shot to death shotgun showdown sickness silencer skeleton skull slow motion scene snake sniper sniper rifle soldier southern accent soviet army soviet union spear gun special forces spit in the face spy stabbed in the back stabbed in the chest stabbed to death strangulation strongman stylized violence subjective camera suffocation sunglasses surprise ending swamp tank tattoo telephone call telephone operator terrorism terrorist thailand threatened with a knife throat slitting throwing star thrown from a boat tied to a chair title spoken by character toilet torch torture tough guy tower trap tree undercover underground unsubtitled foreign language uzi viet cong vietnam vietnam veteran vietnam war veteran village village on fire violence walkie talkie war buddy war crime war criminal war hero war veteran war violence warrior watchtower water torture waterfall weapon dealer whipping woman in jeopardy woman kills a man woods written by director