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The Recruits(2019)
Status: Released
Date: 2019-06-08
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Time: 1h 8m
In America, indoctrination to the imperial way of life can't start soon enough.
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The Recruits follows a group of children as they go through a national, youth-oriented military program called The Young Marines. The children try their best not to crack under the enormous pressures put on them by the program and their parents.
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