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War of the Dead (also known as Stone's War) is a 2011 action horror film written and directed by Marko Mäkilaakso and starring Andrew Tiernan, Mikko Leppilampi, Jouko Ahola, Samuli Vauramo, Andreas Wilson, Mark Wingett, and Antti Reini.
Set in World War II, the film focuses on Captain Martin Stone who leads a finely-trained, elite platoon of American and Finnish soldiers in an attack on an enemy bunker. Underestimating the enemy's strength, they are quickly beaten back.
War of the Dead (also known as Stone's War) is a 2011 action horror film written and directed by Marko Mäkilaakso and starring Andrew Tiernan, Mikko Leppilampi, Jouko Ahola, Samuli Vauramo, Andreas Wilson, Mark Wingett, and Antti Reini.
- 1,774 VOTES. Bone Tomahawk. The Historical Setting: Bone Tomahawk begins as a typical Western, taking place in the 1890s in the harsh elements of the frontier near what is now the border of Texas and New Mexico.
- 1,376 VOTES. Ravenous. The Historical Setting: The 19th century is the setting for Ravenous, which begins with a depiction of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848).
- 686 VOTES. Deathwatch. The Historical Setting: While many horror films feature wartime narratives, Deathwatch takes place within the horror of the conflict itself.
- 1,547 VOTES. Pan's Labyrinth. Pictures. The Historical Setting: Pan’s Labyrinth takes place during the summer of 1944 in Spain, five years after the Spanish Civil War and during the early Francoist period.
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- 410 VOTES. Come and See. The Conflict: Come and See is set during the German occupation of Belarus during WWII. Historians estimate Nazis killed more than two million people there during their three years of occupation.
- 173 VOTES. Threads. The Conflict: Threads isn't inspired by an actual conflict; instead, it hypothesizes the ramifications of nuclear war. In the film, both the US and Russia launch nukes, one of which hits a NATO base outside the town of Sheffield, England.
- 149 VOTES. City of Life and Death. The Conflict: The Battle of Nanking involved a struggle for control of the Republic of China's capital. The battle was fought between the Imperial Japanese Army and the Chinese National Revolutionary Army in 1937, and it led to the Nanking Massacre, during which scores of Chinese citizens were slaughtered by Japanese forces.
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