
Variety
It faithfully translates on the screen the power and seething drama of the Eugene Burdick-Harvey Wheeler book.
Full reviewSidney Lumet-directed Cold War drama in which the U.S. President must race to cancel an accidental nuclear attack order on Russia. Stars Henry Fonda and Walter Matthau.
During the Cold War, U.S. bomber jets are fitted with fail-safe boxes that instruct pilots when to attack. When an attack order is inadvertently administered due to a system malfunction, the President of the United States (Fonda) must scramble to fix the mistake before bombs are dropped on Moscow...
LessIt faithfully translates on the screen the power and seething drama of the Eugene Burdick-Harvey Wheeler book.
Full reviewLumet sensibly avoids pyrotechnics in favour of tightening the psychological screws ...
Full reviewIt packs a melodramatic wallop that will rattle a lot of chattering teeth.
Full reviewFail-Safe is available to stream in New Zealand now on Apple TV.
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