From Universal Studios Home Entertainment: Jarhead 2: Field of Fire

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., June 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- A Marine unit stationed in the hostile province of Helmand Afghanistan wilderness faces a harrowing mission as they try to help a fugitive woman reach safety from the Taliban in Jarhead 2: Field of Fire.  Packed with intense action, thrills and the gritty reality of war, the all-new movie Jarhead 2: Field of Fire will be available on Blu-ray^™ Combo Pack including Blu-ray^™, DVD & DIGITAL HD on August 19, 2014, including both an R-rated and Unrated version as part of the DVD Originals^™ line from Universal 1440 Entertainment, a production entity of Universal Studios Home Entertainment.  The film will also be available on DIGITAL HD two weeks early on August 5, 2014.

Jarhead 2: Field of Fire is inspired by Jarhead, the highly praised feature film that follows a naive young recruit and his platoon mates from the intensity of boot camp to being deployed to a lonely outpost in a surreal desert setting.  Jarhead 2: Field of Fire transports the action to the brutal battlefields and dusty villages of Afghanistan, where a band of Marines risk their lives to save a woman fleeing certain death at the hands of her Taliban pursuers.

Battle-scarred and disillusioned by the war, Corporal Chris Merriman (Josh Kelly, Transformers franchise, "Army Wives") is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory.  While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a Navy SEAL (Cole Hauser, Olympus Has Fallen) flags down their convoy and enlists the unit on an operation of international importance: they must help an Afghan woman famous for her defiance of the Taliban escape the country.  Without tanks or air support, Merriman and his team will need all the courage and firepower they can muster to fight their way across the war-torn country and shepherd the woman to safety.  Jarhead 2: Field of Fire is a thrilling action-adventure that celebrates the courage and patriotism of the men and women in the U.S. Marines.

Jarhead 2 stars Josh Kelly who served three tours in Afghanistan and one in Iraq as an Army Ranger before starting his acting career.  The film also features Stephen Lang (Avatar, Gettysburg), Esai Morales ("Criminal Minds," La Bamba) and Bookeem Woodbine (Riddick, Total Recall).

The Blu-ray^™ Combo Pack includes a Blu-ray^™, DVD and DIGITAL HD with Ultraviolet^™.

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FILMMAKERS 
Cast: Josh Kelly, Cole Hauser, Bookeem Woodbine, Esai Morales, Stephen Lang, Cassie Layton, Danielle Savre, Jesse Garcia, Ronny Jhutti, Jason Wong  
Directed By: Don Michael Paul
Written By: Berkeley Anderson, Ellis Black 
Produced By: Jeff Beach, Phillip Roth 
Executive Producers: Cherise Honey
Director of Photography: Alexander Krumov
Production Designer: Kess Bonnet
Edited By: Cameron Hallenbeck
Costume Designer: Nikolay Kirilov
Visual Effects Producer: Nikolay Atanasov

TECHNICAL INFORMATION – BLU-RAY^™
Street Date: August 19, 2014
Copyright: 2014 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Selection Number: 2027956
Running Time: 1 hour, 43 minutes
Layers: Dual Layers
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 2.40:1
Rating: R for war violence and language including sexual references; Unrated
Technical Info: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1/Dolby Digital2.0, Spanish DTS Digital Surround 5.1
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French

TECHNICAL INFORMATION – DVD
Street Date: August 19, 2014
Copyright: 2014 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Selection Number: 2027957
Running Time: 1 hour, 43 minutes
Layers: BD-50
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 2.40:1
Rating: R for war violence and language including sexual references; Unrated
Technical Info: English and Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French

About Universal 
The Universal 1440 Entertainment banner develops and produces live-action and animated productions directly for the home entertainment, television and the stage.  Since its formation in 2005, the group has assembled an exceptional roster of animated family fare, including the brand-new animated feature-length home entertainment release The Little Engine That Could; the Daytime Emmy®-winning "Curious George" television series on PBS KIDS; and a string of hit Barbie movies, based on the world-renowned Mattel-branded doll. The group also has successfully built upon some of Universal's highly celebrated live-action franchises, most recently launching the Tony Award®-nominated hit touring stage production Bring It On: The Musical; the adrenaline-fueled actioner Death Race 3: Inferno; and the latest in the terrifying suspense saga Curse of Chucky.  Projects currently readying for release include the all-new home entertainment features Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power, Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse and Jarhead 2: Field of Fire.

Universal 1440 Entertainment is a production entity of Universal Studios Home Entertainment (USHE).  USHE is a unit of Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios (www.universalstudios.com). Universal Studios is a part of NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, world-renowned theme parks, and a suite of leading Internet-based businesses. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

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