“A very effective updating of the underrated Cold War thriller Fail-Safe”

- Lou Lumenick

“It’s tempting to recommend this movie simply because words probably can’t convey how bad it is – it has to be seen to be believed”

- Tom Block

Deterrence

Kevin Pollak stars as the U.S. President who must decide whether to fire a nuclear missile at Iraq while he's stranded in a Colorado diner. Timothy Hutton, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Sean Astin, Clotilde Courau, Badja Djola, Mark Thompson, Uzi Gal, Kathryn Morris, Michael Mantell, Scoot Powell, Rigg Kennedy, Amit Mehta, Kristen Shaw. Director: Rod Lurie (1998, R)