"Back at the Forbidden City, one of the surviving but wounded mutant humans reported their defeat to Mendez and Alma, who were playing a game of checkers.]The film""s murder mystery story took a back seat to he romantic screwball comedy, featuring the splendid, snappy and flirty banter between the rich, carefree married couple.The medic warned: "Bites are killers.Black ants are the worst." He was also cautioned about drinking too much water that would cause cramps.The second more helpful commander, Sgt.Elias Grodin (Willem Dafoe), reduced the weight of Chris"" pack: "You""re humpin"" too much stuff, troop.In the film""s preposterous conclusion on his Chinese junk, as the ""general died at dawn,"" his devoted soldiers were ordered o execute the whites and Mr.