Character Relationship Map: McBain

Characters

• McBain (played by Christopher Walken) — protagonist

  Former Vietnam POW turned mercenary who becomes the central leader of the rebel assault against the corrupt Colombian president.

• Roberto Santos (played by Chick Vennera) — supporting

  Colombian revolutionary who liberates McBain during the Vietnam War and later attempts an unsuccessful revolt in Colombia.

• El Presidente (played by Victor Argo) — supporting
• Eastland (played by Steve James) — supporting

  Corrupt businessman who serves as a financial target for McBain to fund the rebellion.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• McBain → Eastland (Alliance Search Partners) — Eastland is among the people McBain's group searches for during its effort to navigate the conflict.

  The group seeks out Christina and Eastland while moving through the dangerous country.

• McBain → El Presidente (Conflict Rebel Adversary) — McBain's planned intervention puts him in opposition to El Presidente's regime, although the supplied account ends before their assault's outcome is shown.

  McBain and his companions prepare to intervene in the country's struggle against the regime, and the account says their attention turns toward the pal...

• Roberto Santos → El Presidente (Conflict Revolutionary Opponent) — Santos leads resistance against El Presidente's rule, and his death intensifies the struggle that brings McBain's group into the conflict.

  Santos returns to fight against El Presidente and is later killed; the account describes Santos as having organized resistance to the regime.

• McBain → Roberto Santos (Alliance Liberator And Ally) — Santos's earlier help and later appeal for support become the personal connection that draws McBain into the conflict.

  During the war, Santos helps free McBain and gives him a way to make contact if help is ever needed. After Santos is killed, McBain decides to act in...

Story Analysis

A former prisoner of war is drawn into a foreign rebellion by his connection to a revolutionary and the consequences of that revolutionary's death.

Plot Progression

1. A Prison Camp and a Promise — McBain and his fellow soldiers investigate a suspected prison camp despite being told the war is over. Later, Santos gives McBain a way to contact him if assistance is ever needed.
2. Santos's Death and the Appeal — Santos returns to Colombia to oppose El Presidente and is killed. Christina seeks McBain and describes the regime's oppression, moving him to respond.
3. Preparing the Intervention — McBain and his friends assemble a team, raise money, acquire aircraft, and coordinate with an escort pilot. Hostile forces threaten their flight, but the team reaches its destination.
4. A Dangerous Ground Campaign — The group moves through a landscape marked by soldiers, wounded civilians, and divided loyalties while seeking Christina and Eastland. They learn that the regime remains in office and a crackdown is i...
5. The Assault Awaits — The group turns toward the palace and a depot identified from a photograph. They map a route with a satellite camera and prepare a detonator, but the supplied account stops before the assault's outcom...