Nora and McCloud prepared the hotel further, by closing more window shutters (the downstairs area became very dark) and retrieving oil lamps.The General (Charles Evans) on site was briefed by the discouraged supervising civilian engineer Carlson (Harlan Warde): "We""ve ried everything from a blowtorch to a diamond drill.While Hunt was gone, Brandt described his background to the others: he had been on a "protection detail" in Croatia providing security for Hunt and his wife Julia, when a Serbian hit squad killed Julia (her body was found three days later) and he decided to leave the IMF as a field agent: "I couldn""t face another life-or-death situation after that...to the death." Batiatus wanted o honor their request, but insisted that it wouldn""t be wise to force the slaves to fight to the death in their own camp:But I beg, Your Honors.