Political Thrills Triple Feature (BLU-RAY)

The Manchurian Candidate (2004) Dazzling update of the classic 1962 political thriller stars Denzel Washington as a former army major, Bennett Marco, who's plagued by shadowy dreams of his service during the Gulf War. While investigating the truth about what happened to him in Iraq, Marco finds evidence of an elaborate brainwashing conspiracy aimed at seizing control of the White House. With Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jeffrey Wright; directed by Jonathan Demme. The Peacemaker (1997) International terrorists set off a nuclear explosion on a Russian train carrying warheads earmarked for dismantling in order to cover their theft of the remaining weapons. A U.S. Army Special Forces officer (George Clooney) and a scientist (Nicole Kidman) work together in a desperate global search to find the stolen warheads before they're put to use in this gripping action-thriller, the debut release from Dreamworks. Armin Mueller-Stahl, Marcel Iures also star. Red Eye (2005) Young hotel manager Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams) finds her flight home to Miami thrown into turmoil when she becomes the pawn of a charming but deadly terrorist (Cillian Murphy), who's kidnapped her father to ensure she helps with his plot to assassinate the deputy secretary of homeland security. Brian Cox, Jayma Mays, Jack Scalia, Robert Pine co-star in this thrilling nail-biter from director Wes Craven.