Category Archives: War
Check Point
Release 2017
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
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Director: Thomas J. Churchill
Writers: Thomas J. Churchill, AJ Perez
Stars: Kenny Johnson, Mindy Robinson, Tyler Mane, William Forsythe, Kane Hodder
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4519400/
Port City North Carolina: During a routine camp out, a local vagrant discovers plans for an invasion in America. When he tries to notify the local Sheriff about his discovery, the Sheriff dismisses his claims and has him locked up for loitering. When the Sheriff notices odd interactions with other towns folk he begins to look into the vagrants' claim of a sleeper cell living amongst the locals within this small town. After evidence of a beheading is exposed, others begin to fear that the insurgents attack on hometown USA. Questions and tempers begin to rise. Why this little beach community with it's Norman Rockwell way of life? A town where everyone knows one another... or so they thought. When the truth is blind and justice seems lost, It will take an army of five unlikely heroes banding together to infiltrate the insurgents and foil their invasion plans. War is Hell and Hell comes home at the Check Point.
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Release 2016
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Director: Ang Lee
Writers: Ben Fountain, Jean-Christophe Castelli
Stars: Joe Alwyn, Garrett Hedlund, Arturo Castro, Mason Lee, Astro
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2513074/
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
Allied
Release 2016
Genre Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
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Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Steven Knight
Stars: Brad Pitt, Vincent Ebrahim, Xavier De Guillebon, Marion Cotillard, Camille Cottin
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3640424/
In 1942, a Canadian intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
Hacksaw Ridge
Release 2016
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Director: Mel Gibson
Writers: Robert Schenkkan, Andrew Knight
Stars: Andrew Garfield, Richard Pyros, Jacob Warner, Milo Gibson, Darcy Bryce
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2119532/
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to win the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
Barry
Release 2016
Genre Adventure, Biography, Drama, War
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Director: Vikram Gandhi
Writers: Adam Mansbach
Stars: Devon Terrell, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jason Mitchell, Ellar Coltrane, Jenna Elfman
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5477566/
A look into the early life of U.S. President Barack "Barry" Obama
Beyond the Gates
Release 2016
Genre Adventure, Drama, Horror, War
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Director: Jackson Stewart
Writers: Stephen Scarlata, Jackson Stewart
Stars: Sara Malakul Lane, Barbara Crampton, Brea Grant, Chase Williamson, Justin Welborn
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4687358/
Two estranged brothers reunite at their missing father's video store to liquidate the property and sell off his assets. As they dig through the store, they find a VCR board game dubbed 'Beyond The Gates' that holds a connection to their father's disappearance and deadly consequences for anyone who plays it.
War Dogs
Release 2016
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Director: Todd Phillips
Writers: Stephen Chin, Todd Phillips, Jason Smilovic, Guy Lawson
Stars: Miles Teller, Steve Lantz, Gregg Weiner, David Packouz, Eddie Jemison
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2005151/
Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
Anthropoid
Release 2016
Genre Biography, Thriller, War
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Director: Sean Ellis
Writers: Sean Ellis, Anthony Frewin
Stars: Jamie Dornan, Cillian Murphy, Brian Caspe, Karel Hermánek Jr., Sara Arsteinova
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4190530/
Based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the WWII mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and the Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler.
Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich
Release 2016
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Director: Claudio Fäh
Writers: Robert Henny, Chad Law, Don Michael Paul
Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Tom Sizemore, Kip Pardue, Stephen Lang, Rutger Hauer
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5050200/
Near the end of World War II, American and British Special Forces must extract a resistance fighter behind Nazi lines.