Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 13
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 1
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Release Date: Oct 7, 1964 Wide
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Based on the novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler, Fail-Safe is set for the most part at Strategic Air Command headquarters, where a misguided transmission sends a squadron of bombers hurtling towards Russia, fully prepared to drop their atomic weaponry on Moscow. Air Force commander Frank Overton desperately tries to establish radio contact with the bombers, but once the pilots have passed the "fail safe" point, they've been instructed to disregard any reversal of orders. Racing against
Oct 7, 1964 Wide
Oct 31, 2000
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
All Critics (15) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (1) | DVD (11)
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
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.
Tense, chilling and earnest Cold War political thriller.
Still impressive Cold War thriller from a time when WW III seemed inevitable.
Wow! One of the scariest black and white films of all time.
This is the flip-side of the coin upon which you find Dr. Strangelove. Riveting performances and incredibly tense telephone exchanges lead to an ending you will not forget. The closing sequence is so impossibly unacceptable that it becomes absolutely believable in its inevitability. True, it's a bit dated, but If
April 27, 2006Super Reviewer
An incredibly dramatic and intense depiction of the exagerated armamentistic career and the state of paranoia among superpowers, triggered not only by mechanical failures but by fanatism, extreme rigurosity or simple lack of human decency. Lumet's concatenation of silent and claustrophobic close ups work as a time bomb
July 27, 2007Super Reviewer
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