Jeri Jacquin
Coming to theatres
and Video-On-Demand as well as across digital platforms is director Nick Lyon
and Cinedigm is the story of a brave group of men among thousands of brave men
during wartime and D-DAY.
Allied soldiers are
storming the beaches of Normandy during World War II and Lt. General Omar
Bradley (Chuck Liddell) is about to tell Lt. Col. James Rudder (Weston Cage
Coppola), Sgt. Lommell (Jesse Kove) and Maj. Cleveland Lytle (Randy Couture)
that they will be going behind enemy lines.
What is waiting for
them is a continual firefight from one place to the next as they tried to
locate the weapons hidden by German soldiers. Along with soldiers Sgt. Kuhn
(David Tom), Carbone (Isaac Cruz), Hodges (Kellan Rhude) and Sgt. White (Geoff
Meed), they take one position after another but - no guns.
Capturing German
soldiers they discover that the weapons are on the move and the 2nd Battalion
is right behind them. On their way each soldier gets to know the other and
their stories of home. The Germans don't let them get to close as they continue
to open fire to keep their weapons out of the hands of these brave American
soldiers. Fighting on land and sea, the 2nd Battalion hold out until help can
arrive.
Each step forward is
one step closer to going home!
Liddell as Bradley
is a man on a mission and he knows that lives will be lost. I have to say that
he looks like a general with his hard chiseled features so it works to his
advantage here. Coppola as Rudder takes over the Battalion when it becomes
clear that Lytle doesn't see the war eye to eye with Bradley. Coppola is a man
pushing forward with each position captured and does it the best way he knows
how - keeping them men focused.
Kove as Lommell is
one of the men who is trying to work through what he is seeing. It is difficult
for all the men and its clear there is a weight they will take home with them,
but Rudder once again makes it clear to stay hard and get the job done. Meed not only stars in the film but he is the
writer which gives him a little insight to his character and how to play the
role.
Other cast include
Martin Kove as Nikolai, Tyler Bryan as First Lt. Powers, Sam Gipson as Wiley,
Matthew Lewis as Robbins, Mike C. Manning as Dennis, Philip Nathanael as
Treadwell Recruit, Christian Oliver as Corporal Jurgen, Brandon Root as
Pickens, Sherrod Taylor as Sgt. Francis and Ben van Diepen as Horst.
CINEDIGM has
strategic relationships with over 60,000 physical retail storefronts and
digital platforms with Wal-Mark, Target, iTunes, Netflix, and Amazon as well as
national cable and satellite Video On Demand with an impressive distribution
footprint that reaches ninety-three percent of all connected devices in the
United States. The company's vast content library boasts over 52,000 feature
films and television episodes. To learn more please visit www.cinedigm.com.
D-DAY is a corner in
a full pages of a book that tell the story of bravery on D-Day. The story
embraces this small band of men from their landing until finding the weapons
they were sent out to locate. It is fight after fight with very little leading
the way except the men knowing they had a job to do. There are major losses and
yet these men kept going forward with strength and leadership.
That's not to say
there aren't moments where the men feel as if they have just had about enough
but that's to be expected when their fellow soldiers and friends fall. They
must find that place that gets them past their anger and remember that there
are those alive who still need them if they are to succeed.
In the end - it is
the day that changed the world!
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