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Crossfire (2016)
When National Guard soldier Samantha Harrison returns from the front lines of Iraq, she realizes that none of her training helps her deal with PTSD or the struggles of returning to a normal life. Samantha comes home to find out she's being blamed for a friendly fire incident that killed two Americans and she becomes the target of an obsessed soldier seeking revenge for their deaths. She tries to reassemble her fragmented memories of that horrific night in order to convince everyone, including herself, that she didn't do it. Who do you turn to when you can't trust your own memories and the few people you do trust are being killed off one by one?
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When National Guard soldier Samantha Harrison returns from the front lines of Iraq, she realizes that none of her training helps her deal with PTSD or the struggles of returning to a normal life. Samantha comes home to find out she's being blamed for a friendly fire incident that killed two Americans and she becomes the target of an obsessed soldier seeking revenge for their deaths. She tries to reassemble her fragmented memories of that horrific night in order to convince everyone, including herself, that she didn't do it. Who do you turn to when you can't trust your own memories and the few people you do trust are being killed off one by one?
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Genre:Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
Written By:Lisa Steele
In Theaters:1/31/2016
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Runtime:90 minutes
Studio:Incendo Productions
Cast
Claude Desrosiers
Director
Roxanne McKee
Samantha Harrison
Steve Lund
Jimmy Cooper
Tim Rozon
Graydon
Stacey Farber
Paige Briar
Mark Walker
Senator Cooper
Jonathan Koensgen
Billy Peterson
Mishka Thébaud
Bobby Rodriguez
David Gow
Detective Clements
Rebecca Croll
Veteran Amanda
Susan Almgren
April Jacobs
Elisabeth Yale
Sadie Peterson
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