
Now in high definition starring James Franco (127 Hours Rise of the Planet of the Apes) Benjamin Bratt (Law & Order Traffic) Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare in Love Enemy at the Gates) Following the 1942 Bataan Death March thousands of US & Filipino soldiers were imprisoned by the Japanese in a POW camp in Cabantauan in the Philippines Brutalized starved & tortured the prisoners languished in the camp for nearly three years But in January 1945 an American battalion with the help of Filipino guerrillas planned a daring mission
- some called it suicide
- to rescue the five hundred US soldiers still alive there This film tells that story in glorious detail The story is based on two books The Great Raid Rescuing The Doomed Ghosts Of Bataan & Corregidor by William B Breuer & Ghost Soldiers The Epic Account Of World War II&s Greatest Rescue Mission by Hampton Sides In addition several men involved in the raid served as consultants on the project The result is a thrilling agonizing & unforgettable war movie like they used to make in the 1940s & 1950s a celebration of the human spirit The Great Raid stars Benjamin Bratt as Lt Colonel Mucci an offbeat military man who puts his faith in young Captain Prince (James Franco) to lead the dangerous mission Among the men imprisoned in the camp are Joseph Fiennes as the ailing Major Gibson & Marton Csokas as Captain Redding who is always trying to escape Connie Nielsen adds romantic tension as a war widow smuggling much-needed medicine into the camp Extras Deleted Scenes Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play