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4.0 out of 5 stars
Still has impact, October 11, 1999
I saw this film at a nuclear bunker museum in the county of Cheshire, in a small cinema in a crisis briefing room! A stunning and uncomfortably realistic account of how Britain might be affected by a limited nuclear strike. In particular, the focus is on the county of Kent, near London(contains several major targets, i.e. the government, Heathrow Airport, the ports, etc) and how the survivors come to terms with radiation, food riots, martial law, euthenasia for prolonged radiation suffering and a total breakdown in society. Even though this film is over thirty years old, it does still disturb in places. The cold war may be over, but nuclear weapons are still fact. The BBC used the child actors well to portray the hopelessness in the final scenes, and their words will remain on your mind. Do not miss this film, you must see it.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Limited? Thermonuclear War, October 2, 2000
I saw this while in college in the early '70s and I still remember it -- and quite vividly. Not only does it have a plausible and believable scenario (from the late '60s), but its use of documentary films of WW-II firestorms and its textbook-like depiction of damage (physical, collateral, you name it) at various ranges from the targets, is very effective. I plan to buy it and Fail Safe to keep for my kids, grandkids, and anyone else as a reminder of how close we came to the insanity of a "fightable", let alone a "winnable", nuclear war.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Never thought I'd run sobbing out of a theater...., November 22, 2004
...but I did, back when this documentary was shown during my "History of Warfare" class at the University of South Carolina back in the eighties. I ran out, threw up, and as I stumbled out of the bathroom stall I ran smack into another weeping, queasy student, one I had quarreled with viciously for several years (she was a Fundamentalist who attacked me publically for not being a Christian). Before we knew it, we were hugging each other and whispering, "I'm sorry...God, I'm sorry...what are we fighting about?"
The film shocked both of us into recognizing how important it is to keep the doors of dialog open, even between opposing people. War is too attractive an alternative to actually LISTENING to one another. As Gandhi says, "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind".
I hope to buy a copy of this film to donate to the film library of my Unitarian church...but even now, I don't know if I could ever watch it again without nightmares at the very least.
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