TV Series: "Forever Knight"
Can't Run, Can't Hide (1994)
Director:Jon Cassar
Writer:James D. Parriott (creator)
Genre:Drama / Horror / Crime
Cast (Episode Credited cast)
Geraint Wyn Davies ... Det. Nicholas 'Nick' Knight
Catherine Disher ... Dr. Natalie Lambert
Nigel Bennett ... Lacroix
Deborah Duchene ... Janette
Natsuko Ohama ... Capt. Amanda Cohen
John Kapelos ... Det. Don Schanke
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard Campbell ... Damon
William Corno ... Vampire
Von Flores ... Tran
Nicole Greenspan ... Beverly
Gabriel Hogan ... Young Soldier
Clark Johnson ... Casey Brooks
Bernadette Li ... Vietnamese Mother
Richard McMillan ... Abraham Lindley
Gordon Michael Woolvett ... Kyle the Grocery Boy
This was a very different Vietnam story. It puts LaCroix and Knight in a situation similar to the My Lai massacre, except this time the vampires were the good guys.
While Knight was a medic and LaCroix was a Special Forces officer, the bad guys were some out of control soldiers who shoot up a local village due to reports that a Viet Cong soldier is operating from within. As a result of the massacre, LaCroix, who shows emotion and sympathy for the humans and takes some actions that will cause several deaths and a lot of confusion many years later.
The rest of the story involves Nick Knight trying to figure out who is killing the old veterans, and how they are connected to each other. It is an interesting mystery, since LaCroix is lying to Knight just as he usually does. Knight spends the whole episode following false leads, and the victims are reliving their guilt as they try to avoid death. At the climactic end of the story, there is a surprise twist that vindicates some of the paranoia of the soldiers back in Vietnam.
Yet there are some heavy issues regarding guilt, accountability, and whether some sins can ever be forgiven. It is a good story because it spreads the guilt around and does not show one side as being good or innocent. Even Knight and LaCroix end up looking guilty in spite of their efforts to take the high road.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0581599/
