Staff Sergeant John Monfriez quotes from Courage Under Fire (1996)
Played by Lou Diamond Phillips
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Sir, if you get a hangfire on your weapon, what do you do? You wait, with your weapon pointed in a safe direction, 'cause sometimes the primer bursts, and if you open the chamber it blows up in your face. Leave this round in the chamber, sir.
Scenes with Staff Sergeant John Monfriez
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Monfriez: [grabbing a recruit leaving an obstacle] Just what the **** do you think you're doing, soldier? Where are your men?
Recruit: Right there, sir!
Monfriez: Yeah? What do you call that? [gestures to one man who still hasn't made it through the obstacle] You see that man? You and he are brothers! He depends on you! You depend on him! You never leave a man behind!
Recruit: Right there, sir!
Monfriez: Yeah? What do you call that? [gestures to one man who still hasn't made it through the obstacle] You see that man? You and he are brothers! He depends on you! You depend on him! You never leave a man behind!
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[Serling and Monfriez go on a drive]
Monfriez: [points a pistol at the colonel while driving] You ever kill anyone at close range with a small arm, sir? [Serling shakes his head]It's messy. [they stop at a railroad crossing] No. We're not talking about one of your great big tank guns here. Oh, that's OK. I know what you did. Your own men. Guys under your command. How'd it feel? Bad, right?
Nathaniel Serling: Very bad, son.
Monfriez: [face becomes more distressed] Very bad. And you didn't even mean to kill them. [Serling shakes his head] I've been a good soldier. A good soldier. [hears oncoming] Listen to that whistle. Johnny "Night Train" Monfriez. Say it.
Serling: Johnny "Night Train" Monfriez. [Monfriez tries to keep his composure]
Monfriez: Now get out.
Serling: You don't want to do this, son. Let me help you.
Monfriez: It's too late.
Nathaniel Serling: It's never too late. Look at me. Things get **** up in war. I don't give a damn what happened to you. You can't do this.
Monfriez: Wrong! I can't do anything else.
Nathaniel Serling: Yes, you can. You can put the car in reverse. Put the gun down. We can help each other. I don't want to lose another good soldier. [tries to hold the hand with the pistol]
Monfriez: [**** pistol and aims it at Serling] I strongly urge you to dismount the vehicle, sir! [Serling gets down and Monfriez leaves to drive onto the train]
Nathaniel Serling: Monfriez. Monfriez!
Monfriez: Aah! [dies in a collision with the train]
Monfriez: [points a pistol at the colonel while driving] You ever kill anyone at close range with a small arm, sir? [Serling shakes his head]It's messy. [they stop at a railroad crossing] No. We're not talking about one of your great big tank guns here. Oh, that's OK. I know what you did. Your own men. Guys under your command. How'd it feel? Bad, right?
Nathaniel Serling: Very bad, son.
Monfriez: [face becomes more distressed] Very bad. And you didn't even mean to kill them. [Serling shakes his head] I've been a good soldier. A good soldier. [hears oncoming] Listen to that whistle. Johnny "Night Train" Monfriez. Say it.
Serling: Johnny "Night Train" Monfriez. [Monfriez tries to keep his composure]
Monfriez: Now get out.
Serling: You don't want to do this, son. Let me help you.
Monfriez: It's too late.
Nathaniel Serling: It's never too late. Look at me. Things get **** up in war. I don't give a damn what happened to you. You can't do this.
Monfriez: Wrong! I can't do anything else.
Nathaniel Serling: Yes, you can. You can put the car in reverse. Put the gun down. We can help each other. I don't want to lose another good soldier. [tries to hold the hand with the pistol]
Monfriez: [**** pistol and aims it at Serling] I strongly urge you to dismount the vehicle, sir! [Serling gets down and Monfriez leaves to drive onto the train]
Nathaniel Serling: Monfriez. Monfriez!
Monfriez: Aah! [dies in a collision with the train]
Other characters in Courage Under Fire (1996): Lt. Col. Nathaniel Serling · Capt. Karen Walden