''Under Heavy Fire'', also known as ''Going Back'', is a 2001 American

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directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Casper Van Dien, Jaimz Woolvett,

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, Joseph Griffin, Carre Otis, Kenneth Johnson, Daniel Kash, Martin Kove. It was filmed under the title ''Going Back'' in the

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and

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in April and May 2000. Post-production continued in

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for another 14 months.

Synopsis

Twenty-five years since the Vietnam War ended, a group of American veterans return to Vietnam and meet up with TV journalist Kathleen Martin (played by Carre Otis), who is assigned to cover the reunion of the men from Echo Company, a Marine Rifle Company, who fought in the

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. Soon, they are joined by their old Captain named Ramsey (played by Casper Van Dien), and they revisit the old battlefields they fought in and experience flashbacks of their time in the war during 1968. The film explores many of the wounds war inflicts on soldiers that last for a lifetime. It also portrays the Vietnamese today as a very forgiving people.

Cast

* Casper Van Dien as Capt. Ramsey * Jaimz Woolvett as Tex *

as Ray *Joseph Griffin as Red Fuentes * Kenny Johnson as Jimmy Joe * Carré Otis as Kathleen * Daniel Kash as Eric * Martin Kove as Father Brazinski *Austin Farwell as Doc Jordan * Jason Blicker as Fred *Jim Morse as Gunny Bailey *Deborah Zoe as Irene * Pablo Espinosa as Chico

References

External links

* * 2001 films Canadian war drama films Anti-war films about the Vietnam War Films directed by Sidney J. Furie Films scored by Amin Bhatia Vietnam War films Films shot in the Philippines 2000s English-language films 2000s Canadian films English-language war drama films English-language Canadian films {{war-film-stub