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Battle-scarred and disillusioned by war, Corporal Chris Merriman is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through, a Navy SEAL flags down their convoy and enlists the unit on an operation: they must help an Afghan woman famous for her Taliban defiance escape the country. Without tanks or air support, Merriman and his team will need all they can muster to fight their way across the...
2) Hyena Road
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Hyena Road is a taut war action film about Canadian troops in Afghanistan as seen through the eyes of three very different men: A sniper who has never allowed himself to think of his targets as human and becomes implicated in the life of one; an intelligence officer who has never contemplated killing and becomes the engine of a plot to kill; and a legendary Mujahideen warrior who had put war behind him and is now the center of the battle zone.
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[2020]
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English
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The true story of William H. Pitsenbarger, an U.S. Air Force medic (pararescueman) who saved more than sixty men in one of the bleakest battles of the Vietnam War. Presented the chance to escape on the last helicopter, Pitsenbarger stayed behind to save and defend his comrade in arms. Twenty years later, Pitsenbarger's fellow soldiers and father seek the help of investigator Scott Huffman and other surviving veterans to finally secure him The Congressional...
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[2010]
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English
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US Army Staff Sergeant Will James, Sergeant J.T. Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge comprise the Bravo Company's bomb disposal unit stationed in Baghdad. James is the tech team leader. When he arrives on the scene, Bravo Company has thirty-nine days left on its current deployment, and it will be a long thirty-nine days for Sanborn and Eldridge whose styles do not mesh with that of their new leader. James' thrill of the dismantlement seems to be...
5) Red dawn
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From the windows of a high school classroom, students see paratroopers land on the varsity football field. The invasion of the United States has begun. As their town in overrun by foreign nationals, eight teenagers escape to the mountains. Taking the name of their high school football team, the Wolverines, they wage an unremitting guerrilla action in defense of their parents, their friends and their country.
6) Overlord
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[2019]
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English
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With only hours until D-Day, a small team of American paratroopers drops into Nazi-occupied France to carry out a mission that is crucial to the invasion's success. These outnumbered G.I.s come face-to-face with enemies unlike any the world has ever seen.
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The French General Staff, safely behind the lines, sends orders for what amounts to a suicide mission. To cover up their fatal blunder, three soldiers are arrested and made scapegoats. Captures the spirit of Humphrey Cobb's novel in presenting a harsh attack on the futility of war in general and World War I in particular. A blistering indictment of military politics.
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[2017]
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English
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Tells the extraordinary story of Desmond Doss, a U.S. Army medic who refused to carry a gun but nevertheless saved 75 men during the bloodiest battle of WWII on Okinawa, becoming the the first conscientious objector to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor.
9) aPlatoon
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Follows young Chris Taylor who arrives in Vietnam and quickly discovers that his worst enemies are not just the Viet Cong, but gnawing fear, physical exhaustion, and the anger growing within himself.
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In June of 1950, the North Korean Army initiated a massive attack on its neighbor to the south, beginning a see-saw war that would engulf the entire Korean Peninsula. For the next three years, the United Nations and the Communists would wage a bloody and brutal war. Though the Korean conflict is often referred to as the "Forgotten War", those who fought and sacrificed for freedom will never forget.
12) Red dawn
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[2015]
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English
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When Communist paratroopers descend on a high school football field in Colorado, a group of the school's students wages an all-out guerrilla war to save their town and their country.
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A squad of American soldiers moves beyond the beach of the Normandy D-Day invasion. The men, then, embark on a dangerous special mission with Captain John Miller in charge. Miller must take his men behind enemy lines to find Private James Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Faced with impossible odds, the men question their orders. Surrounded by the brutal reality of war, each man searches for his own answer.
14) Hell to eternity
Pub. Date
[2007]
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Raised by a Japanese-American family, Marine Guy Gabaldon uses his language and combat skills to cause hundreds of enemy troops to surrender.
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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The second installment of the action-packed trilogy returns with its most daring mission yet. When the leader of an elite team of soldiers is captured by terrorists, a rescue mission is immediately ordered by the President of the United States to infiltrate the enemies' home base and free their brother at all costs. The team must use all their united strength to overcome the enemy and survive, leaving no soldier left behind.
16) Rogue warfare
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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In this shoot 'em up actioner, a group of military operatives from around the world join forces to flight an elite underground terrorist network.
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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The hurt locker: US Army Staff Sergeant Will James, Sergeant J.T. Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge comprise the Bravo Company's bomb disposal unit stationed in Baghdad. With only thirty-nine days left on their current deployment, members of Bravo Company will have to face their own internal issues as they work, always aware that anyone they encounter may be bombers themselves.
Lost in translation: A middle-aged actor and the wife of a workaholic...
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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I can only imagine: The inspiring and unknown true story behind MercyMe's beloved, chart topping song that brings ultimate hope to so many is a gripping reminder of the power of true forgiveness.
The shack: After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips spirals into a deep depression causing him to question his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness.
Bruce...
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