A Vietnam vet adjusts to life after the war while trying to support his family, but the chance of a better life may involve crime and bloodshed.

Kirby: Everyone in this town knows I've only got one leg. And that motherfucker grabbed the wrong one.
Cleon: It's better to check out than to go home all fucked up.
[Cleon randomly decapitates a dead Vietnamese soldier with his machete]
Skip: Oh man, Cleon what the fuck?
Skip: I was born by the pussy, I'll die by the pussy.
Skip: I'd rather be home with a fucked-up hand up in some pussy than to be out here healthier than a motherfucker without it... Shit
Anthony Curtis: Ya'll may think I'm crazy but I just want to do something that's different
Skip: Well, gettin' your fuckin' head blown off is different, HAHA. Hey man, turn that shit down and slow this mother fucker down, ain't nobody in a hurry to get to school!
Anthony Curtis: No bad habits, ma. Except for a little killing.
Delilah Benson: [Delilah saying to Anthony after he returns from the war] It's not your fault you've been brainwashed by America.
Jose: Oh, did you fucking see that, man!
Skip: Motherfucker, you blew up the whole fucking truck, motherfucker!
[Cleon blasts a Viet Cong in the head, killing him]
Cleon: Now you're good, now Jesus loves you.
Skip: [at the table, dividing up a huge stack of bills after the big score] Man, one thing I can't figure out. People be out of work everywhere and the government just be throwing money away!
Kirby: That's Uncle Sam for you, son. Money to burn.
[fade out]
Skip: My great great great granddaddy was a pimp and a slave. He would have his hoes out in the field picking his cotton for him, he didn't have to do a goddamn thing!