Man Down (film)

Man Down (film) is a 2015 American war thriller drama film directed by Dito Montiel, written by Adam G. Simon, and starring Shia LaBeouf, Jai Courtney, Gary Oldman, Kate Mara, and Clifton Collins Jr. The film follows a Marine who returns from Afghanistan to find his hometown devastated, and his wife and son missing.

"I'll be fine if we'd just move on, sir."
"I assure you, these are things you do not just move on from."

Gabriel Drummer

• Yeah, I thought the area was clear, I thought it was secure, it wasn't. There was a mother and a son in there. And I can't take that back. It's just one of them things.

• I'm responsible for these terrible things I can't change.

Captain Peyton

• There's no agenda here. I'm simply trying to understand what happened.

Dialogue

[Gabriel Drummer infiltrates a darkened building where he believes his son is being held]

Gabriel Drummer: [guard dog barking] Devin, I'm at the back entrance. I'm going in... [now standing over the cot covering the boy's mouth with his hand] Okay, it's me.

Johnathan Drummer: Daddy?

Gabriel Drummer: You're okay. Yeah, you're okay. Okay, we're gonna get out of this place now. Come on, baby.

[picks the boy up]

Gabriel Drummer: Hold my hand. Hold my hand...

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Gabriel Drummer: I'll be fine if we'd just move on, sir.

CAPT Peyton: I assure you, these are things you do not just move on from.