By James Whittington, 21st February 2023
Urban drama, murderous soldiers and ruthless avengers provide a menacing and mesmerising March line-up on LEGEND, headed up by the Channel premiere of Ralph Nelson's controversial, anti-racist masterpiece SOLDIER BLUE. There are also UK TV premieres for twisty who-dunnit WESTERN WORLD and MEMORIAL DAY, Samuel Fischer's painfully emotional war drama.
Plus, there are Channel premieres for Brit cult action thriller FEAR IS THE KEY, based on the novel of the same title by Alistair MacLean, HE WHO DARES, an explosive terrorism thriller, directed by Paul Tanter and tough crime drama FIGHTING BACK, starring Tom Skerritt.
The weekends are further enhanced by the continuation of the Channel premiere of the ever-popular original series of sci-fi anthology classics, THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
We start the month with the UK TV premiere of WESTERN WORLD on the 2nd from Lana Read. When US Marshall Moses White is called to the town of Dogwood Pass to track down a ruthless killer, he runs into a lot more than he bargained for. A corrupt mayor and an unhinged sheriff stand in the way of justice and Moses might just have to shoot his way out. In Western World it's kill or be killed. Then on the 4th discover FEAR IS THE KEY. John Talbot's wife, child and brother were traveling as passengers in a cargo plane carrying priceless gemstones when it was shot down. Years later Talbot (Barry Newman), a ruthless, stop-at-nothing man who is in trouble with the police, is captured by a vicious crook who tells him his only chance of survival is to use his expertise in helping to recover a treasure which lies four hundred feet beneath the sea.
Hard-hitting urban drama on the 11th, the Channel Premier of HE WHO DARES. The SAS, Britain's elite Special Forces unit, take on an utterly ruthless terrorist cell who have kidnapped the Prime Minister's daughter. Cue insane car chases, intense hand to hand combat, and ferocious gun battles. Stars Simon Phillips and Tom Benedict Knight. Directed by Lewis Teague, FIGHTING BACK on the 17th stars Tom Skerritt as an Italian-American deli owner who organises a People's Neighbourhood Patrol along paramilitary lines, and mounts a violent campaign to restore the local park to his kids.
One of the most infamous movies of the 70s comes to LEGEND on the 18th, SOLDIER BLUE. The movie follows the adventures of Honus (Peter Strauss) and Cresta (Candice Bergman), the only remaining survivors of a Cheyenne Indian attack, as they journey across the unforgiving wilderness of the old west in search of refuge. It's a journey that reaches a tragic climax as they bare witness to the relentlessly brutal and cold-blooded slaughter of the Cheyenne tribe. Ralph Nelson's brutal Western still remains one of the most poignant yet horrific dramatisations of America's dark history. We end the month as we started, with a UK TV Premiere, MEMORIAL DAY. Bud has spent years putting the horrors of his time as a U.S. soldier in WWII behind him. But when 13-year-old Kyle Vogel discovers his grandfather's long hidden footlocker he is forced to confront the horrors of his past and the epic battles that scarred him during WWII, but also into Kyle's future, and his traumatic tour of duty in modern day Iraq. This moving war drama stars James Cromwell and Jonathan Bennett.
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