Under Heavy Fire
Under Heavy Fire, also known as Going Back, is a 2001 American feature war film. It stars Casper Van Dien, Jaimz Woolvett, Bobby Hosea, Joseph Griffin, Carre Otis, Kenneth Johnson, Daniel Kash, Martin Kove and is directed by Sidney J. Furie. It was filmed under the title Going Back in the Philippines and Vietnam in April and May 2000. Post production continued in Canada for another 14 months. It was first screened at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2001 under its original title and at a running time of 2 hours and 29 minutes. The film was then shortened by its original team to its final release length and retitled Under Heavy Fire.
The film is the second in Sidney J. Furie's Vietnam War trilogy along with 1977's The Boys in Company C and 2006's The Veteran.
Synopsis
25 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. 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.
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by Crystallion
Under Heavy Fire
by: CrystallionThe sound of guns
Shall draw you near
No way, my orders have been clear
Wait for them to come, they will be crushed
No mercy from our side
Withdrawing to the sunken lane for now
Cuirassiers are caught it seems the enemy is gaining ground
Can't give in to Somerset's brigade
Under heavy fire, our prospects dire
Answer charge by a counter-attack
All my infantry, proudly fight for me
Must be quick or our foes will prevail
See their retreat
Our steel they'll meet
Right now our cavalry we need
Squares to be protected
Our artillery will do the rest
Trampling hooves won't do us any harm
The French they are not close enough
The Dutch are fighting on our side
At Mont St Jean ridge they're bound to fall
Under heavy fire, our prospects dire
Answer charge by a counter-attack
All my infantry, proudly fight for me