Deterrence

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Movie
German title Deterrence
Original title Deterrence
Country of production USA , France
Publishing year 1999
length 104 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Rod Lurie
script Rod Lurie
production Marc Frydman
James Spies
music Larry Groupé
camera Frank Perl
cut Alan Roberts
occupation

Deterrence is a thriller directed by Rod Lurie , who in 1999 was filmed.

action

Walter Emerson, the President of the United States, is on a campaign trip to Colorado in 2008 . Because of a blizzard , he is stuck with his companions and the guests who happen to be in the restaurant in a burger restaurant in Aztec.

Through a news broadcast on television, those trapped learn that Iraq has invaded Kuwait again . With no conventional US troops available in the region, Emerson is threatening Baghdad with an atomic bomb if Iraqi forces do not withdraw immediately. Some advisers to the President are against the measure.

In the event of an American attack on Baghdad, Iraq threatens to carry out a nuclear counter-attack with its secret nuclear weapons.

Intelligence informs the President that Iraq has American-style nuclear weapons supplied by the French government.

However, Emerson can no longer be dissuaded from his plan and orders the dropping of an atomic bomb, which is brought to the destination by a B-2 bomber launched in Saudi Arabia and detonates everything there.

As threatened, Iraq carries out a nuclear counter-attack with 23 nuclear missiles. The majority of the launched missiles can be rendered harmless before impact, only five achieve their targets. Surprisingly, it turns out that none of the Iraqi atomic bombs detonated.

In a televised address, Emerson admits that in the 1990s Iraq was deliberately supplied with (unusable) nuclear weapons by the US through middlemen in order to prevent the development of its own Iraqi nuclear weapons program.

Reviews

The San Francisco Chronicle praised the film for failing to suggest what to think. Kevin Pollak, however, is too young for the role of the US President, he also does not have the presence of the President.

James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that the film had several problems. He criticized the script. Kevin Pollak is credible as the US president.

The lexicon of international films wrote: "A politically thrilling staged political thriller that shows that real events can always be capitalized on."

The New York Times criticized the film as a “wooden political thriller” that loses quality and credibility due to “clumsy moralization” and the “medieval plot” as well as the lack of depth of character of the characters, despite everything but against the background of the current global political situation still have "some benefit". But here, too, the film loses more credibility by shaking “one last trick up its sleeve”.

Awards

Sheryl Lee Ralph was nominated for the Black Reel Award in 2001.

Remarks

The thriller was shot for $ 800,000.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Review in the San Francisco Chronicle
  2. ^ Review by James Berardinelli
  3. ↑ Deterrence. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ↑ Review by Stephen Holden , New York Times
  5. ^ Box office / business for deterrence