Fail-Safe
In a 1964 Cold War, American sends the airplane to Moscow for a nuclear attack. But it is a mistake and an Air Force commander tries to contact with the planes. It fails because of jamming in radio communications between a commander and the plots. Whether a war is prevented?
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February 17, 2015
The cold war gets hot in this nuclear disaster film.
February 02, 2009
Lumet, o mais subestimado dos diretores, mantém a tensão sempre constante, extraindo ainda grandes atuações de seu elenco e investindo num desfecho impactante e corajoso.
January 26, 2006
Lumet sensibly avoids pyrotechnics in favour of tightening the psychological screws ...
October 20, 2004
Still impressive Cold War thriller from a time when WW III seemed inevitable.
October 21, 2015
Not only a damn good thriller, but a terrifying account of how easily such technology can malfunction.
June 29, 2011
It faithfully translates on the screen the power and seething drama of the Eugene Burdick-Harvey Wheeler book.
October 21, 2015
Grim, bleak and highly claustrophobic ...
October 21, 2015
An impressive and disturbing brink-of-doom thriller.
July 03, 2011
Lumet's tense political drama is riveting, but unfortunately it was released the same year as Kubrick's similarly-themed Dr. Strangelove, which was a satire and more thus more popular
August 08, 2002
Wow! One of the scariest black and white films of all time.
October 21, 2015
It packs a melodramatic wallop that will rattle a lot of chattering teeth.
July 19, 2007
Tense, chilling and earnest Cold War political thriller.
