" Armando explained how history had changed during the time he had kept Milo away from civilization: "They did, in the beginning.One of their colleagues warns: "Don""t get your ass shot off." The three close, hometown, "macho," working-class, male-bonded Russian-American buddies will be testing heir masculinity in war in the airborne division:Michael "Mike" Vronsky (Robert De Niro), the eldest, strongest, and acknowledged leader of the group, serious sportsman and believer in the "one-shot" philosophy; called a "control freak"Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich (Christopher Walken), possessed of a gambling nature, caring, group-oriented, a risk-takerSteven Pushkov (John Savage), low-key, soft-spoken, vulnerable and sensitive, weak, a followerThey join up with two other workers:Stan (John Cazale, ill with cancer during filming), a low-life, weasly, insecure and nervous, would-be womanizerAxel (Chuck Aspegren), a massive, heavy-set, brutish, and grunting manIn the parking lot, Michael looks up at a halo around he sun and reverentially explains its auspicious significance as a good omen for the day - and for a hunting trip:Those are sun dogs.Hunt started a 20-hour countdown on his wristwatch.Nyah sneered at Ambrose: "You""re not gonna shoot me, Sean.Not this bitch, ""cause she""s worth thirty-seven million pounds." Hunt grabbed Nyah to protect her, and detonated the bomb in the incubation room.Security systems and alarms went off as Biocyte security guards entered Level 42 and exchanged gunfire with Ambrose and his men." About an hour later, Mary suicidally shot herself in the head with a gun, and when the panicked group realized she still had a pulse, rushed her to nearby Parkdale Hospital where everyone apparently had abandoned it in a hurry.