Seven Days to Noon

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John S @RT00608087 May 9 Really dumb and formulaic; a waste of time. See more Par H @Parhwy Feb 4 We begin with Big Ben ‘bong, bong’ bong’ and the screed scrolling left to right. Weird! Black and white British post-war (1950) film focussing on the necassariness yet precariousness of nuclear weapons. It is a thriller with subdued tension. I liked that it got to the point immediately with plot/story/characters emerging at once in tandem. Given it is a thriller about a dangerous date/time, clocks were used poorly. They were used. Only once was one zoomed in on. Some were unreadable. Some were wrong. Whoever was doing continuity and or writing messed up; example: clock showed 70 hours until noon; actor: "72 hours until noon". Small details matter. The interesting thing is that no character owned the solution. This was a collective solution. There was also not a parallel love story (there could have been with dad/daughter, daughter/boyfriend). Nor is there a flip-flop goody/baddy plot sitch. This is not a modern Bourne Identity film. Ends with Big Ben ‘bong, bong, bong’. See more paul d @PaulusLoZebra 09/28/2020 An unusual and interesting premise holds the film together. It's a well-done but rather theatrical and intellectual "thriller", but with a very, very important theme: the threat of nuclear war. The atmospheric shots of 1950 London are excellent. See more 12/30/2018 Not a "typical" Boulting Brothers film in that it is more dramatic and less "funny", but still a rather bleak satire of the cold war and a government's response to a threat to its existence. I must admit that while the ending was somewhat expected, it still came as something of a shock! Great b/w photography, wonderful shots of an "evacuated" London, great performances all around, I agree with the 77% rating because the film is farm from perfect (and it's a bit slow-going by today's hectic standards). Worth seeing, probably won't watch it again any time soon, though. See more 05/05/2013 Watched this in 2013 but still found it quite exciting. Good acting and direction with a simple plot. A good chilled watch. See more 04/23/2013 Barry Jones stars in this 1950s thriller. Sci fi horror, an early Atomic themed film, which is excellent throughout See more Read all reviews

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