Rambo: First Blood II: The Mission

FIRST BLOOD II: THE MISSION by James Cameron December 22, 1983 FADE IN: TITLE SEQUENCE EXT.V.A. HOSPITAL - DAY A drab GREEN SEDAN with U.S. ARMY printed on the door stops at the steps of a fortress-like colonial-style building. Iron bars cover the windows. The lawn sprinklers snap mindlessly to themselves. A CRT-style printout appears at the bottom of FRAME: D-MINUS 117 HRS FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA ANGLE ON SEDAN as the doors open and TWO POWERFUL MPs, one of whom was driving, emerge.The other opens the rear door for COLONEL SAMUEL TRAUTMAN who stands, eyeing the imposing facade of the hospital. Trautman is in his early fifties and wears the mantle of command sternly but without arrogance. He takes the stairs with purposeful strides, the MPs falling in behind him. HOLD ON THE SIGN above the main door as they go inside: VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL INT.HOSPITAL A gray metal door bearing the sign "NEUROPSYCHIATRIC WING" bangs open and a massive ORDERLY in white passes through. He is followed by the two MPs, Trautman, and a SHORT DOCTOR who hustles to keep up with the others. LOW ANGLE DOLLY PRECEDING the entourage as they stride forward. The MPs are grim-faced and walk in step. Trautman and a doctor SINGLETERRY silently walk through the corridor. They pass the open day-room where somnambulistic patients sit like statuary watching "The Young and the Restless" or watching the wallpaper fade. Bleak light from an overcast day filters through the barred window.