Respected combat unit leader Riley Denbo (Simon Baker) was in one patrol of scavenger-mercenaries raiding food and other supplies in a rural town.He brought luxurious gifts for family members:Prince August - a pipe, and a medallion with a portrait of the Russian EmpressSophia - sable furs ("to keep your shoulders warm"), gloves ("to keep your hands warm"), and a robe ("to keep your feet warm")Sophia"s mother - a hot water bottle ("to keep Mother warm")The journey to Moscow in the wintry, ice-bound Russia was expected to take seven weeks, and would begin in two days ("the day after tomorrow").By film"s end, he and another homely 29 year old Brooklyn schoolteacher and female wallflower are liberated - both are triumphant over their respective limitations.I"m not anxious to get off the sick list."After Nicholson marches off - thinking Saito is "a reasonable type" and sympathetic to his point of view about manual labor, Shears is amused:I can think of a lot of things to call Saito, but reasonable, that"s a new one.