Fail Safe
“It will have you sitting on the brink of eternity!”
ThrillerDramaWar
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.
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A chillingly plausible nightmare of Cold War brinkmanship. The film crackles with a palpable sense of dread, forcing you to confront the terrifying fragility of peace under the shadow of nuclear war. It’s a stark, intelligent thriller that grips you with its moral quandaries.
tenseanxioussomberurgentsteadypolitical thrillerblack and whitedialogue-drivenperiod piecenuclear annihilationdiplomacyhuman errorcold war paranoia
new york cityusa presidentgeneralatomic bombmissilecold warinterpreterpentagonbunkerhydrogen bombstrategic air commandbomberfighter pilotdestroymoscow, russiaworld war iiiair attackairborne attack
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