Product Details

• Actors: Timothy Hutton, Sean Astin Kevin Pollak
• Directors: Rod Lurie
• Format: NTSC, Import, Full Screen, Dolby, Subtitled
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000RO754S
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #680,119 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

El año es 2008. Las fuerzas militares de los Estados Unidos de América han sido movilizadas hacia Corea y el Mar de Japón. Al timón se encuentra Walter Emerson (Kevin Pollak), el antiguo Vicepresidente, quien asumió la oficina a la muerte del adorado Presidente Buckingham. Ahora, en medio de las elecciones primarias presidenciales, Emerson ha estado enfrentando preguntas sobre su compatibilidad con el puesto. Su campaña llega a Colorado cuando una feroz tormenta de nieve cierra el estado entero. Emerson y su séquito buscan refugio temporal en la Cafetería de Morty en Aztec, Colorado. Aquí Harvey(Badja Djola), el dueño, y su mesera/esposa Katie (Clotilde Courau) están esperando que se acabe la tormenta mientras atienden a los pocos clientes que están atorados en la cafetería con ellos. Emerson ve los resultados de la elección en el canal de televisión IBS de noticias con su Jefe de Asesores, Marshall Thompson (Timothy Hutton), y su Consejero de Seguridad Nacional, Gayle Redford (Sheryl Lee Ralph). Al pasar las noticias de su victoria en una elección primaria crucial, la transmisión es interrumpida con la noticia sobre una invasión a Kuwait. Las fuerzas de la Naciones Unidas que mantienen la paz han sucumbido y han matado a algunos americanos. Una vez más el agresor es Iraq, esta vez guiados por Udei Hussein. Agarrados completamente por sorpresa, Emerson tiene una conferencia telefónica con sus Secretarios de Estado y de la Defensa y varios otros consejeros para atestar rápidamente la situación. Al ponderar varias opciones, Emerson se dirige a la nación desde la Cafetería de Morty con la ayuda de un equipo de camarógrafos que han estado siguiendo al Presidente a través de su campaña. Durante su discurso, que es transmitido mundialmente por IBS, Emerson se dirige a la gente de Iraq directamente y les advierte que si Udei Hussein no se retira de Kuwait dentro de una hora, Emerson hará lo que una vez se creyera impensable....

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE BEST POLITICAL THRILLERS IN YEARS, August 15, 2001

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David A. Coughlin "surrealdave" (BROCKTON, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deterrence [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you love political thrillers like 7 Days in May, Failsafe, The Bedford Incident, ect. then you will throughly enjoy Deterrence.Its basically set in a roadside diner where the dialogue and the suspense are the center of the movie, not special effects.It is very similar in that regard to 12 Angry Men.The movie begins with Kevin Pollack (a good character actor) as the new President of the United States, swinging through Colorado during the capaign primary there when he, his advisers, secret service detail ect. get holed up in a diner when a blizzard strikes..While there, he learns from CNN on the Tv there that the son of Saddam Hussein has overrun U.S. positions in the middle east and is going to again invade Kuwait and Saudi Arabia..Since its Saddam's son you know this is the future, 2008 but every other detail in the movie is strictly current era, i.e. no ray guns..Anyway, the President is stuck in this diner, and has to fight this crisis with only 4 secure cell phones at his disposal, repel massive Iraqi armored divisions while all the U.S. forces are tied down in Korea in a crisis there..This is the beginning of the movie and the brinksmanship between leaders, and countries which threatens global thermo-nuclear war.If you love political thrillers like the ones mentioned above then you will lovbe this film too..It was made by a first time director and graduate of West Point..It got overlooked at the theatre and on video by mainstream people.It has become an underground or cult classic with intelligent people who enjoy suspenseful thrillers that don't have to cost 200 million dollars to make..This movie is almost a throwback to the classic cold war thrillers of the 50's and 60's when good acting, writing, and directing was emphasized rather than big explosions.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fanciful plot developments but well done, September 10, 2000

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D. Thomas Longo Jr. (Delmar, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deterrence (DVD)

The Vice President has become President by appointment a la former President Ford. He has been President only four months, and is campaigning for election for the first time in his own right. In Colorado during primary season, a blizzard maroons him and his small entourage in a diner. Then, stuff hits the fan in another part of the world possibly presaging major nuclear calamity. How does he handle it?

That is the plot premise and the story unfolds well-acted and grippingly. It was like a book one can not put down. There are numerous byplays - the Secret Service and the people in the diner, the President and his staff, the Prez and foreign heavies, the press, and so forth. A low-budget affair, shot almost entirely in that diner and with nil whiz-bang special effects, writing and acting carry the day.

Yes, what happens in this tale stretches the imagination, and only for that reason do I give this film four stars vice five. Still, if you like stories which grab and hold you, this compact film is worth your time.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Deterrence- best kept secret in Hollywood`, May 28, 2004

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"dorch22" (Philadelphia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deterrence (DVD)

this is a fantastick movie! I have referred a dozen or so family members, and each has confirmed the superiority of this film. Well-thought out and imaginative, one could only hope our intelligence services are half as creative and smart as the creator of this masterpiece.