WW3 Short Film- Sticks and Stones. Ep. 1.

It's 2023. Since the 1950's the United States and Russia have been locked in an adversarial power struggle that has remained cold... until now. Emboldened by recent regional military victories and newly allied with China, who is seeking to collect on a massive U.S. debt, Russia coordinates a crippling cyber attack and follows up with a surprise air and sea-borne invasion of the United States, seeking to capitalize on the nation's weakened state as it deals with domestic political turmoil, shortages, low military recruitment, and record violence and crime. After a surprise invasion of their hometown, local guardsmen and reservists, most with no prior combat experience, become frontline soldiers in a terrifying global turf war, and the odds couldn't be higher. They must now fight with everything they have and rely on their training, will, and the fighting spirit of the local civilian population, a rifle behind every blade of grass...