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• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002ATCN4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #320,681 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Please bring to DVD, May 2, 2005

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Kenneth E. Black (Bellevue, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Amerika (VHS Tape)

I remember watching this mini-series when it first came out. I thought it was very well-done and a good "What if?" scenario. I hope this series gets put to DVD sometime in the very near future. I would buy it immediately.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Please release this on DVD!, June 5, 2007

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E. J. Hokanson (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Amerika (VHS Tape)

If they released this on DVD I would buy it in a second. The mini series etched a place in my mind as a child. The Russians invade the United States and wipe-out the leadership. I will never forget the scene where Congress is massacred. It gave me nightmares. This mini-series when viewed in its context of the Cold War and Red scare phenomenon is frightening. I can't wait until they release it on DVD!

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Suprisingly Good And Scary, December 17, 2004

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Jay Landry "JJLandry6a" (No Cal, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Amerika (VHS Tape)

Amerika, the novel, explains more than the movie ever could.

The American President, supposedly Carter, receives a call from the USSR. Their communication satellites are really nuclear weapons, hovering over the US. The US has 8 hours to surrender or be destroyed. After confirmation, the U.S. President forces through the annexing of the US by the USSR.

The USSR, poor and starving, pillages the US of all it's resources. Money, food and anything that is not nailed down goes to the new owners, not to the people. Americans are forced into the same life as their Russian counterparts.

At the same time, the USSR props up the House, Senate and the figurehead President as puppets for Moscow.

Some of it is way too over the top. But, the thought of a bloodless coup is nothing surprising in today's society.

It is slightly scary, with some elements very timely in the age of a 9/11 society.