Average Rating: 5.5/10
Reviews Counted: 8
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 3
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Release Date: Jul 5, 1962 Wide
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Average Rating: 3.5/5
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Ray Milland both starred in and directed the morose, minimalist sci-fier Panic in the Year Zero! (original title: Panic in Year Zero!). En route from Los Angeles to a vacation in the mountains, Harry Baldwin (Milland), his wife, Ann (Jean Hagen), and his teen-aged children, Rick (Frankie Avalon) and Karen (Mary Mitchell), are appalled to see a mushroom cloud forming over the L.A. skyline. With the highways clogged by panicking motorists, Milland and his family decide to head to the shelter of
Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.
Drama, Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Jul 5, 1962 Wide
Nov 29, 2005
Orion Home Video
All Critics (10) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (3) | DVD (3)
Mais um fruto da paranóia coletiva gerada pela Guerra Fria, o filme conta com algumas boas idéias, mas é esquemático demais para aproveitá-las a contento.
A silly atomic war story with the prerequisite AIP juvenile delinquents and cheap look.
Intriguing low-budget opus that now seems like a time-capsule of nuclear paranoia
The only thing that was hard to fully approve of in Panic in Year Zero!, was Milland's selfish philosophy for survival -- it was simply not a very human one.
This is a really good apocalyptic movie, with an interesting cast, and a good story. I'd really like to re-watch it, though, I can't remember it very well.
September 5, 2010Super Reviewer
Did Ray Milland's B-movie epic "Panic in the Year Zero" serve as an inspiration for Cormic MaCarthy's "The Road"? I'm not sure. But I do know that just ten short years after starring in "Singin' in the Rain", the beautiful and talented Jean Hagen was reduced to playing Frankie Avalon's mother (and she was only 39 at
January 29, 2010Super Reviewer
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