Posted on 05/09/2009 8:54:54 AM PDT by bgill
This is admittedly a pitiful vanity. Can't seem to find an answer on line. As is the usual now days since tv has switched over, the signal went out at the last ten minutes of the movie, Spartan, starring Val Kilmer and came back on at the credits. Ok, so he and the girl are in the shipping container and he found the tracking device in his knife....
Not a great movie, but I'm still curious what happened.
With the credits...
Bill Cosby apologizes for being out so late and his wife forgives him.
SPOILER ALERT!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartan_(film)
We next see Scott on a plane headed for Dubai, and we understand that Avi’s overtures to the government on Scott’s behalf were not successful. Arriving in Dubai, Scott picks up a knife and guns that have been smuggled into the country in a cargo container for him by Avi, then meets an Australian who is to help him retrieve Laura from Mascala the next day. The two men go to reconnoiter Mascala that night and, seeing that Laura is about to be moved elsewhere, decide to take her out immediately rather than wait. There is a brief firefight and the Australian is killed, but Scott grabs Laura and gets away.
Scott takes Laura to a safe house. Distraught at the way she has been treated by her father and his people she at first refuses to be taken home, but eventually yields to Scott’s persuasion. The next night Scott takes her to his cargo container at the airport, which has been prepared so that Laura can remain hidden inside while it is flown to Geneva. While explaining the plan to Laura, however, Scott examines his knife and discovers a transmitter has been planted in it. Realizing he has been tracked by the government, Scott hurries Laura out of the container just as Stoddard and operatives from Scott’s unit arrive to apprehend them.
While chasing Laura and Scott through a vast hangar, Stoddard confirms that Laura’s death was faked in order to protect her father politically, and that the plan was to leave her in the hands of the white slave ring. Because of Scott’s interference, however, Laura must now be killed. Scott and Laura are separated during the chase, and Stoddard gets hold of Laura. He hands Laura over to one of his operatives — who turns out to be Sergeant Black. Black ignores Stoddard’s orders and tries to help Laura escape by getting her aboard a private jet belonging to a Swedish news agency that is readying for takeoff near the hangar.
Black gets Laura to the jet, where the Swedish journalists recognize Laura at once and allow her aboard, but Black is shot dead by Stoddard in the process. Scott is also shot and wounded, but kills Stoddard with his knife. The jet takes off with Laura safely aboard.
In the final scene are two men watching a news program on a television in the window of a store in London. The program explains that Laura Newton has been rescued and shows her being reunited with her father. It also shows Burch telling the media that as a result of what happened to Laura the government is now committed to end the international traffic in prostitutes. One of the men watching the program is Scott, who has grown a beard. The other, a weary-looking businessman, says “Time to go home,” and leaves. Scott responds, “Lucky man.” He leaves also.
Hmm, google didn’t get me to wikipedia. Thanks for the fast reply to such a silly question. Now, back to reading the tales of true life sleezy politicians.
i googled: val kilmer spartan
and it was the 5th or 6th link
I thought Spartan was a pretty good movie. It tried to show the code of ethics that these warriors operate under. It was like a foreshadowing of the ‘24’ TV series in several respects.
I am a fan of David Mamet and his trademark taut dialog and cynical plot twists. I would like to see him do another film of the same genre as Spartan.
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