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Frozen Front: Fear the Silence

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A group of German soldiers, separated from their company during battle, look for shelter in a remote village in the Ukraine. To their surprise, the villagers, comprised mainly of women and children, welcome them as their saviors from the impending deportation by the Russians. As the two parties develop a bond, seeds of mistrust grow from within, leading to a deadly confrontation. 1 hr. 35 min. #111716 $16.95

Recon

After witnessing their sergeant murder a young Italian woman, four American soldiers are sent out on the grueling ascent of an Italian mountainside for a suicidal reconnaissance mission in the closing days of WWII. Guided by an old Italian man of mysterious loyalties, the troop must make their way over treacherous landscape and find the enemy force before they find them. 1 hr. 35 min. #111719 $24.95

The 24th

William Boston has just joined the all-black 24th infantry of the United States Army. A natural leader, Boston quickly rises within his troop and is looked up to by the others. The men are sent to Camp Logan in Houston, and after endless brutal acts of violence, Boston and the men turn their fear and rage against the city, inciting the Houston riot of 1917, one of the deadliest riots in American history. 1 hr. 22 min. #111720 $24.95

Sweating Bullets: 10 Action Films

Prepare to set your adrenaline to overdrive! With stars like Mickey Rourke, Sandra Bullock, Steve Buscemi, Malcolm McDowell, and more, this 10-film collection includes the titles The Night Never Sleeps; Maximum Revenge; Rapid Assault; Inner Action; Fugitive Rage; Fatal Combat; Me and the Mob; Shades; Yesterday’s Target; and Across the Line. 14 hrs. 36 min. #111717 $19.95

The Last Full Measure

During the late ‘90s, Pentagon staffer Scott Huffman (Sebastian Stan) decides to open a Medal of Honor request regarding William Pitsenbarger (Jeremy Irvine), a USAF PJ who lost his life saving 60 fellow soldiers in a 1966 Vietnam rescue operation. As Huffman interviews surviving comrades, he becomes driven to push the commendation through – and expose why it’d SAVE been denied for so long. 1 hr. 56 min. #110012 Reg: $24.95 $12.45 50% Retreat, Hell!

Considered one of the greatest Korean War films ever made, this 1952 classic stars Frank Lovejoy and Richard Carlson as Marine officers shipped into combat during the Battle of Inchon. Side by side among a hastily assembled group, they must come together and survive amidst an intense Chinese communist offensive. The officers must also keep emotions in check, as a private in their unit has recently stumbled across the body of his dead brother. 1 hr. 35 min. #100293 $24.95

Welcome to Sudden Death

Jesse Freeman (Michael Jai White) is a former special forces officer and explosives expert now working a regular job as a security guard in a state-of-the-art basketball arena. Trouble erupts when a tech-savvy cadre of terrorists kidnap the team's owner and Jesse's daughter during opening night. Facing a ticking clock and impossible odds, it's up to Jesse to not only save them but also a full house of fans in this highly charged action thriller. 1 hr. 22 min. #111718 $16.95

Conquest

In 17th century Russia, a patriotic young officer, Ivan Demarin of Peter the Great’s First Guard, is sent to Siberia with his regiment on a peaceful mission in search of gold. Unknown to Ivan and his regiment, the mission was a ruse by local officials to provoke a war between Russia and the Mongols. 1 hr. 48 min. #111721 $16.95

The Bedford Incident

This tense 1965 Cold War thriller stars Sidney Poitier as a civilian reporter given permission to interview the captain (Richard Widmark) of a U.S guidedmissile destroyer during a routine patrol. But when the destroyer detects a Soviet sub violating territorial waters near the Greenland coast, the captain begins an unnecessary, dangerous pursuit. B&W, 1 hr. 42 min. #MV51412 $16.95

Lancaster Skies

Follow Douglas Miller, a solitary Spitfire ace who transfers to Bomber Command to fight Nazi Germany. He takes the place of a Lancaster bomber crew's respected skipper, who was killed in action. The crew is against him, but he must gain their trust and overcome the darkness in his past to become the leader they need in the aerial battles in Berlin. 1 hr. 38 min. #706049 $19.95

Revolution 1917

A young man visits Paris to see the grave of his great-grandfather, who had been an officer in the White Army during the Russian Revolution. On the headstone of the grave next to his great-grandfather’s, he notes the face of a young woman. Later on, while walking through the streets of Paris, his attention is caught on a woman who looks exactly like the young woman he had seen on the headstone. Follow the journey of both of their stories that is separated by three generations and 100 years. 1 hr. 16 min. #109337 $19.95

A Rebel Born

Starring Jerry Chesser as the controversial general, this biopic examines the life of Nathan Bedford Forrest: among the most fearless and revered leaders of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Learn all about the commander, from his early days in Tennessee to his battlefield tactics and his postwar legacy still enthusiastically debated some 150 years later. 1 hr. 30 min. #109035 $19.95

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