Ben-Hur - BLU-RAY [Standard]

A modern nightmare nearly becomes reality in this tension-filled story about an "incident" at a nuclear power plant. Jane Fonda stars as Kimberly Wells, an ambitious TV reporter covering a story on energy sources, who is present at the nuclear plant when a startling accident occurs that nearly causes the meltdown of the reactor. A newsreel cameraman accompanying Wells (Michael Douglas) captures the incident on film but the television st

Director Timur Bekmambetov revisits the monumental story of Judah Ben-Hur, here played by Jack Huston, not as spectacle alone but as a tale of betrayal that narrows into something intensely personal. The conflict between Judah and his adopted brother Messala, portrayed by Toby Kebbell, provides the emotional engine, culminating in the inevitable chariot race that still carries mythic force. With Morgan Freeman lending gravitas, this 2016 retelling shifts it's focus toward endurance and forgiveness amid the machinery of empire.

Based on a true story, the winner of 1981's Best Picture Oscar is an exciting human study of two British runners-one a devout Christian missionary, the other a nouveau-riche Jewish Cambridge student-who compete in the 1924 Olympic Games.