12 Strong [DVD] [Standard]

Sprawling, brawling historical saga from director Martin Scorsese is set in the racially divided and strife-torn Five Points neighborhood of 1860s Manhattan. Young Irish-American Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) works his way into the confidence of anti-immigrant gang leader Bill "The Butcher" Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis)-who killed Vallon's father 20 years earlier-in order to gain revenge. Cameron Diaz, Liam Neeson, Henry Thomas, and Jim Broadbent also star. 167 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks English DTS HD 5.1 Master Audio, Spanish Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles English, Spanish; audio commentary; theatrical trailers; featurettes.

"12 Strong" is set in the harrowing days following 9/11 when a U.S. Special Forces team, led by their new Captain, Mitch Nelson (Chris Hemsworth), is chosen to be the first U.S. troops sent into Afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission. There, in the rugged mountains, they must convince Northern Alliance General Dostum (Navid Negahban) to join forces with them to fight their common adversary: the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies.

A virtual-world worker looks to take down the Master Control Program.