Why can't we have tv dramas like this now?
This was 1st-rate. Just saw it for the 1st time and aside from a few anachronisms (army uniforms, phones, big 80s hair on the hot reporter LOL) it holds up well. The whole thing was riveting, tense and getting panicky at the right moments, & when the shock comes, it loox exactly how u think it would. I kept laughing at the surprise faces popping up (David Rasche from 'Sledge Hammer', Ken Tigar, even Michael Madsen), but that & the anachronisms were pretty much the only thing that gave away we weren't watching a real newscast. It looked like someone at the production company thought, 'what would a movie about a nuke emergency look like if Rod Serling was in charge?' - any higher praise, I can't think of. Great performances especially by Ed Flanders & the woman anchor, and the terrorists. If only there were production talent like this now.
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