Only one of the three survives physically intact, but all of them emerge irrevocably changed.This ambitious drama displays the reasons for the protagonists, all believers in the American dream, to leave home for the conflict overseas: to test and prove their manhood, to show their friendship-solidarity, and to demonstrate their patriotism, etc."When Kit returns to his place of work, he is abruptly notified that he""s been fired by his boss (Howard Ragsdale).The three stopped a few crew members who were attempting to escape in a lifeboat.Riggs boarded the vessel as it ran aground and killed the remaining crew members.Meanwhile, the fishing boat was hit by one of the flaming barrels and sank.Adrift in the water, Leo and Murtaugh, who were threatened by a shark (the one that they had caught earlier), managed to swim to the lifeboat."Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)The film, an ""origin story,"" was considered a prequel to all of the other films in the series, occurring chronologically beforeManhunter (1986)and its remakeRed Dragon (2002).