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Fail Safe
Drama, Thriller, War
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.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who value tightly controlled political suspense, procedural realism, and morally agonizing decisions under an impossible deadline.
- Tone
- tense, bleak, cerebral
- Payoff
- unease, catharsis
- Pacing
- relentless
- Intensity
- intense
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- nuclear annihilation, military protocol, technological error, political responsibility
- Setting
- Cold War era, military command bunkers and airborne war zones
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