The Courier - DVD

Newman's Law (1974) In 1970s Los Angeles, honest cop Vince Newman struggles to win the battle against crime and against corruption in his own department. GEORGE PEPPARD

This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Academy Award winner Gary Oldman (THE DARK KNIGHT) stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier (Olga Kurylenko, QUANTUM OF SOLACE) to unknowingly deliver a poison-gas bomb to slay Nick. But after she rescues Nick from certain death, the duo must confront an army of ruthless hired killers in order to survive the night.

In 1960, British machine parts salesman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) was approached by MI6 and the CIA to be an international contact for Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze), a GRU officer wary of the Khrushchev regime's excesses. While the relationship provided America with intel critical to staving off the Cuban Missile Crisis, their perilous dealings would ultimately saddle both with a price. True espionage tale co-stars Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, Angus Wright. 112 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.