“A Crime Drama with Thrilling Shoot-em Up Action!”

~ Nathan Swank, Flix66.com

Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, Neal McDonough, Amy Smart &
Tom Berenger Star In the New Crime Thriller from
The Boondock Saints Series Producer

BAD COUNTRY

On Blu-ray™, DVD & Digital on April 29

Featuring Deleted Scenes & “Taking Down An Empire: On The Set” Featurette

Culver City, CA (Feb. 18, 2014) – Sony Pictures Home Entertainment invites action and suspense fans to discoverBAD COUNTRY, the new crime thriller available April 29 on Blu-ray™ and DVD. This high-stakes drama tells the gripping tale of a Louisiana detective (Willem Dafoe) who teams up with a contract killer-turned-informant (Matt Dillon) to take down the most powerful criminal enterprise in the South. The cast starring alongside two-time Academy Award® nominee Dafoe (Best Supporting Actor, Shadow of the Vampire, 2001; Best Supporting Actor, Platoon, 1986) and Academy Award® nominee Dillon (Best Supporting Actor, Crash, 2006), includes Amy Smart (Crank), Neal McDonough (Captain America: The First Avenger), and Academy Award® nominee Tom Berenger (Best Supporting Actor, Platoon, 1986). 

Directed by Chris Brinker, producer of The Boondock Saints and The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, the Blu-ray™ and DVD feature deleted scenes and “Taking Down an Empire: On the Set,” an in-depth featurette on the making of this modern, film-noir thrill ride. Co-starring in BAD COUNTRY is Kevin Chapman (TV’s “Person of Interest”), Bill Duke (X Men: The Last Stand) and Chris Marquette (Alpha Dog). 

Synopsis: When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter (Dafoe) busts contract killer Jesse Weiland (Dillon), he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South’s most powerful crime ring. So when the syndicate orders Carter’s death and Weiland’s ID’d as a snitch, the two team up to take down the mob and the crime boss (Berenger) who ordered the hit. Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, Neal McDonough. Amy Smart, and Tom Berenger star in Bad Country, a gritty action thriller from director Chris Brinker, a producer of The Boondock Saints.

BAD COUNTRY was screen written by Jonathan Hirschbein (Road to Paloma) from a story by Mike Barnett, Bud Connor, Tom Abernathy and Hirschbein. It was produced by Chris Brinker, Kevin Chapman, Jim Crabbe, Scott Einbinder, Nancy Green-Keyes, and Matthew Rhodes. Executive producers are Mike Barnett, Mike Brinker, Justin Bursch, Don Carmody, Don 'Bud' Connor, Cole Hauser, David Krintzman, Jonah Loop, Patrick Newall, Jeff Steen, and Don Yesso.

The film has a run time of approximately 95 minutes.  It is rated R for strong violence and language, and for sexuality and drug use.

 

 

Blu-ray™ and DVD Bonus Material:

·         Deleted Scenes

·         “Taking Down An Empire: On the Set” Featurette – Go behind-the-scenes with the cast and crew to hear about the process of taking the film from script to screen and shooting on location in Louisiana.

  

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ABOUT SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is a Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) company.  Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition and distribution; television production, acquisition and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies. For additional information, go tohttp://www.sonypictures.com/.

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The Highest Rated Strategy Game of All Time Is Now

The Year’s Action-Filled World War II Adventure!

COMPANY OF HEROES

Available March 19^th on Blu-ray™ and DVD with UltraViolet™

Hero-ic Special Features Include Two Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes

Culver City, CA (12/4/12) – The highest rated strategy game of all time is now this year’s action-filled World War II adventure as COMPANY OF HEROES^TM charges onto Blu-ray™ and DVD with UltraViolet™ on March 19^th from THQ and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Based on the popular THQ video game of the same name, COMPANY OF HEROES tells the pulse-pounding tale of an unlikely brotherhood of soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge, making a daring raid into the heart of Nazi Germany to stop Hitler from developing an atomic super weapon. Tom Sizemore (Black Hawk Down, Saving Private Ryan), Chad Collins (Lake Placid 2, Sniper Reloaded), Vinnie Jones (The Tomb, Snatch), Neal McDonough (Captain America: The First Avenger, “Band of Brothers”), and Jürgen Prochnow (The Da Vinci Code, Das Boot) lead an all-star cast in the first full-length film based on the popular gaming series, which continues early next year with the release of the award-winning second installment, Company of Heroes^® 2.

Both the Blu-ray and DVD of COMPANY OF HEROES also arrive armed with heroic bonus features, including the featurettes “In the Trenches: Filming Company of Heroes,” a behind-the-scenes look at how the popular video game was made into a movie, and “Fabricating World War II,” an in-depth look at the  weapons and vehicles used and created for the film.

Synopsis: During the last major German offensive of World War II, a company of American soldiers is lost behind enemy lines during the Battle of the Bulge and they make a horrific discovery – Hitler has a super bomb

in development. The soldiers soon learn about a secret allied mission to retrieve a defecting German scientist in charge of a Hitler’s weapons program. Faced with impossible odds, the company and an escaping POW go

on a daring raid into the heart of Nazi Germany in pursuit of the scientist.

COMPANY OF HEROES was written by David Reed. It was produced by Jeffrey Beach and Phillip Roth. It was directed by Don Michael Paul.  It has a run time of approximately 110 minutes and is rated R for bloody

war violence throughout, some language and brief nudity.  For more information visitwww.companyofheroes-movie.com.

 

Blu-ray & DVD Bonus Material:

•         Two Featurettes:

o   “In the Trenches: Filming Company of Heroes”

o   “Fabricating World War II”

ABOUT ULTRAVIOLET

UltraViolet is an entirely new way to collect and enjoy your digital entertainment, giving you the power to instantly access your movies and TV shows with unprecedented flexibility.  For more information, visitwww.uvvu.com.

ABOUT SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is a Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) company. Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution; television production and distribution; home entertainment acquisition and distribution; a global channel network; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; development of new entertainment products, services and technologies; and distribution of entertainment in more than 159 countries. For additional information, go to http://www.sonypictures.com/.

ABOUT THQ

THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) is a leading worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software. The company develops its products for all popular game systems, personal computers, wireless devices and the Internet. Headquartered in Los Angeles County, California, THQ sells product through its global network of offices located throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. More information about THQ and its products may be found atwww.thq.com. THQ, Company of Heroes 2, Essence, ColdTech, Relic, Relic Entertainment and their respective logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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