Universal Studios Home Entertainment will add three new titles to its Blu-ray catalog in February: Steven Spielberg's
Munich (2005), Robert Wise's
The Andromeda Strain (1971), and Phil Alden Robinson's
Sneakers (1992).
Sneakers
Martin Bishop (Redford) is the head of 'Sneakers', a computer group who test security systems. However, his political activist past catches up with him when the government use it as a lever to force him into doing some of their hi-tech dirty work. Bishop and his team reluctantly comply, only to discover that the missing black box they have been hired to retrieve can break into any computer system in the world! Starring Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnell, and River Phoenix. STREET DATE: FEBRUARY 17.
Munich
Steven Spielberg directs this tense and controversial thriller, following the actions of a team of Mossad agents dispatched by the Israeli government to seek revenge against the Palestinian terrorist organization that funded and carried out the assassinations of eleven Israeli athletes during the 1972 Munich Olympics. In the days after the assassinations, young and enthusiastic Mossad operative Avner (Bana) is asked by President Golda Meir (Cohen) to lead Israel's response. With the help of his handler Ephraim (Rush), Avner assembles a team, including bomb expert Robert (Kassovitz), experienced sweeper Carl (Hinds), unpredictable Steve (Daniel Craig), and dependable Hans (Zischler). Plugging itself into Europe's terrorist network, the team operates undercover and relies on information provided by the mysterious 'Le Group', headed by the avuncular Papa (Lonsdale). As the team assassinates its targets, using methods that range from sophisticated explosives to up-close shootings, Avner and the others begin to question the morality of their actions, and whether vengeance can ever be a just motive. As Avner starts to miss his wife Daphna (Zorer), the mission takes a deadly turn when the Mossad squad is itself targeted, and Avner finds himself becoming increasingly paranoid and suspicious. Starring : Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Marie-Josée Croze, Ciarán Hinds, and Mathieu Kassovitz. STREET DATE: FEBRUARY 17.
The Andromeda Strain
After a satellite crashes near a New Mexico village, the local residents begin dying out, the victims of a killer disease. By the time a team of scientists have arrived to investigate, the only survivors are an old tramp and an infant child. The team transfer them to an underground lab and work around the clock to identify the virus - which, it transpires, is somehow connected to an Earth bacteria-warfare project. Starring Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, and Paula Kelly. STREET DATE: FEBRUARY 17.