Review of By Dawn's Early Light (1990) by Connor P — 30 Jun 2016

This is a surprisingly good TV film with a stellar cast. For me it seems one of the more realistic nuclear war movies; so many of them seem to deal with crazy sci-fi like aftermaths instead of showing what a real war would be like. This one gives a fairly (though not 100%) accurate look at what would have happened in the late 80's if a nuclear war did in fact happen between the two great superpowers of the Cold War.

Some people say this film is becoming dated, but as someone who was born after the collapse of the Soviet Union I still appreciated it. It gives you a little slice of what our culture and mindset was during the days when nuclear annihilation was a daily possibility.