- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- DVD Release Date: 1 Feb 2006
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000B7KXMM
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 44,535 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
"In the early months of 1990, during ethnic unrest in the southern part of the Soviet Union, insurgent units attacked a Soviet Army facility.
Western intelligence received reliable reports that nuclear weapons were `compromised.' "
This is a "what if" speculation film. What if the rebels had carried this one-step further? At one time, we were inundated with such films such as "Fail-Safe" and "Dr. Strangelove." Each of these films had their own strength and weakness. However I consider "I Donne's early light" (1990) to show more human interaction adding to the intensity of the film. This would have made a great play. This film will keep you on the edge your seat speculating as to what you would have done in the situation.
As with many movies of this type, you will notice that popular actors play most of the characters from the time. However, you will also notice that they do not overwhelm the characters that they play. I was especially interested in how Martin Landau as the president desperately tries to maintain peace however mainly not any price. Powers Boothe and Rebecca De Mornay add most of the human interest that was missing from the other films.
Remember this is a 1990 movie a different era and a different mindset. However, you will not regret watching this film and speculating on the future.
Trinity's Child: A Novelby William Prochnau
Western intelligence received reliable reports that nuclear weapons were `compromised.' "
This is a "what if" speculation film. What if the rebels had carried this one-step further? At one time, we were inundated with such films such as "Fail-Safe" and "Dr. Strangelove." Each of these films had their own strength and weakness. However I consider "I Donne's early light" (1990) to show more human interaction adding to the intensity of the film. This would have made a great play. This film will keep you on the edge your seat speculating as to what you would have done in the situation.
As with many movies of this type, you will notice that popular actors play most of the characters from the time. However, you will also notice that they do not overwhelm the characters that they play. I was especially interested in how Martin Landau as the president desperately tries to maintain peace however mainly not any price. Powers Boothe and Rebecca De Mornay add most of the human interest that was missing from the other films.
Remember this is a 1990 movie a different era and a different mindset. However, you will not regret watching this film and speculating on the future.
Trinity's Child: A Novelby William Prochnau
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The odds on a nation intentionally engaging in a nuclear war have always been long, but accidents, terrorists and renegade generals exist outside the realm of rationality, so the premise of this film has a lot of bite because it is the scenario most people would agree is the likeliest to occur. Indeed, one could easily imagine such a scenario coming to pass today, with Russia still a little on the shaky side, Pakistan on the verge of a complete nervous breakdown and North Korea being...well, just being itself, really.
This is a tight little film that gets going very quickly. The initial scenes, where the accidental war begins, are very effectively staged and convey a sufficient sense of impending apocalypse and terrible confusion. Sadly, the film does rather lose its' way with the overly-played "human drama" of the B-52 crew, and the climax does stray onto the wrong side of Tom Clancy territory, but it is in the main an intelligent and commendable production that, had it concentrated more on a documentary approach, could have been a classic. Martin Landau makes for a rather vapid President of the United States but the standard of the playing elsewhere is good, particularly Darren McGavin as the Acting President, James Earl Jones as the commander of the "Looking Glass" aircraft and Jeffrey DeMunn as the admiral who desperately tries to persuade the Acting President to turn the war off.
This is a tight little film that gets going very quickly. The initial scenes, where the accidental war begins, are very effectively staged and convey a sufficient sense of impending apocalypse and terrible confusion. Sadly, the film does rather lose its' way with the overly-played "human drama" of the B-52 crew, and the climax does stray onto the wrong side of Tom Clancy territory, but it is in the main an intelligent and commendable production that, had it concentrated more on a documentary approach, could have been a classic. Martin Landau makes for a rather vapid President of the United States but the standard of the playing elsewhere is good, particularly Darren McGavin as the Acting President, James Earl Jones as the commander of the "Looking Glass" aircraft and Jeffrey DeMunn as the admiral who desperately tries to persuade the Acting President to turn the war off.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Must agree with the frst review, a very under rated film. The plot is very good and the editing keeps the pace right up there. If you strip away the Hollywood glossy this is a very thoughtful film.
At the time, Yes it could have happened, hope for the human spirt is still strong. Buy it, it a good evenings watch !
At the time, Yes it could have happened, hope for the human spirt is still strong. Buy it, it a good evenings watch !
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