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12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban. NOTE: We list the combo Blu-ray+DVD version because upon release, the DVD cost more from a marketplace seller.

12 Years a Slave, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael K. Williams (2014) Rated R Maybe it had to take a British filmmaker to depict clearly the United States' greatest failing: the horrors of centuries of slavery. In 12 Years a Slave, Solomon Northup ... is a free man living in New York until he's kidnapped and sold in Louisiana as a slave. He's owned by masters relatively kind ... and harrowingly brutal ... but even under the best conditions, the movie never loses sight of Northup's condition as property, that his well-being and very life are at the whim of his owners. There's no hype here, nor any hemming or hawing; each scene is captured simply but vividly, letting the cruel facts of life in the pre-Civil War era speak for themselves... --Bret Fetzer

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi , Directed by Michael Bay (2016) Rated R During an attack on a U.S. compound in Libya, a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos. -IMDb

This Netlix Original Series follows teenager Clay Jensen in his quest to uncover the story behind his classmate and crush, Hannah, and her decision to end her life.

This Netlix Original Series continues to follow teenager Clay Jensen in his quest to uncover the story behind his classmate and crush, Hannah, and her decision to end her life. Added here 9-26-19.

April 6th, 1917. As a regiment assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap. Note: We link to the Blu-ray/DVD combo pack because it was less expensive at original posting, and because we haven't confirmed 100% that the DVD-only offering has the AD track, since none of the packaging states it does (though we can't imagine that it does not). In fact, a library posting indicates the 1917 DVD does have description.

2 Guns, starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg (2013) Rated R ... When an attempt to take down a drug cartel blows up in their faces, two undercover operatives are forced to go on the run together, though neither knows that the other is a federal agent. Suddenly, everyone on both sides of the law wants them dead, and their only hope is to trust each other. Filled with non-stop action and suspense, critics are raving "Washington and Wahlberg are at their very best." - Pete Hammond, Movieline

A space-opera spanning the dawn of man to humanity reaching the stars, 2001: A Space Odyssey tells the story of the Black Monolith, humanity's evolution and the rise of A.I.'s ultimate supercomputer HAL 9000. NOTE: This remastered DVD is being released in several formats over the period of a month or so and may only be available from Amazon resellers. Make sure you are ordering a 2018 "Re-Mastered" edition. Do not order the 2011 "Repackaged" DVD or previous versions.

2012, starring John Cusack and Chiwetel Ejiofor (2010) Rated PG-13 From Roland Emmerich, director of THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW and INDEPENDENCE DAY, comes the ultimate action-adventure film, exploding with groundbreaking special effects. As the world faces a catastrophe of apocalyptic proportions, cities collapse and continents crumble. 2012 brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. - Amazon