Review of Fail Safe (1964) by Adrian Z — 25 Jul 2014
50 years on and Fail-Safe's chilling tale of the dangers of mutual assured destruction sadly remains as relevant and believable as ever. Henry Fonda is riveting as the President, tasked to deal with the most nightmarish of situations: a technical error has sent a squadron of US bombers loaded with A-bombs to Moscow, with little chance of stopping them in time.
Sidney Lumet effectively creates a tense atmosphere (even without using a music score to heighten the tone), whilst Gerald Hirschfeld's stark black & white cinematography subliminally tells us everything about this film is a matter of life and death,.
This review of Fail Safe (1964) was written by Adrian Z on 25 Jul 2014.
Fail Safe has generally received very positive reviews.
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