Deterrence (1999)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Rod Lurie

Writer (WGA):

Rod Lurie (written by)

Release Date:

10 March 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Every President has a defining moment. Walter Emerson is about to have his.

Plot:

The President of the United States must deal with an international military crisis while confined to a Colorado diner during a freak snowstorm

Plot Keywords:

Diner | Iraq | Colorado | Nuclear War | Prejudice

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kevin Pollak	...	President Walter Emerson
Timothy Hutton	...	Marshall Thompson
Sheryl Lee Ralph	...	Gayle Redford
Clotilde Courau	...	Katie
Badja Djola	...	Harvey
Sean Astin	...	Ralph
Mark Thompson	...	Gerald Irvin
Michael Mantell	...	Taylor Woods
Kathryn Morris	...	Lizzie Woods
Ryan Cutrona	...	Agent Dexter
Joe McCrackin	...	Agent Williams
Scoot Powell	...	Noah
J. Scott Shonka	...	Captain Coddington
Jim Curley	...	Admiral Miller (as James Curly)
Rigg Kennedy	...	Howard

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

France | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Canada:14A (Ontario) | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:13 | USA:R | Italy:T

Company:

Battleplan Productions

Trivia:

The combination to unlock the nuclear suitcase is 08061945 (August 6, 1945), which is the date the United States dropped the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Katie comes out from behind the counter carrying a supposedly hot coffee pot, intending to "warm up" the coffee of the people around the counter. Unfortunately, she carries the coffee pot by both the handle and with her right hand on the glass bottom and side.

Soundtrack:

Ghosts

WOW...talk about hitting close to home!

I had seen the trailer for this movie a couple of months back, before the events of the last month, and I knew then that I wanted to see the movie. This weekend, I watched it and was shocked at how amazing it was.

Almost paralleling the events of the past couple of months, in the film, the current President (Pollock) must deal with rising problems with North Korea, and the sudden invasion of Kuwait by Saddam's son, who is the current military leader of Iraq. Finding his hands tied, the President issues a warning to the Iraqi leader: leave Kuwait and power down your weapons of mass destruction, within two hours, or else you and your city will be hit with a nuclear bomb.

After this threat, the film does into high pressure tension mode. Will the President keep his promise? Is he bluffing? And what is going to happen if he does use a nuclear bomb against his enemies?

Trust me, this is a film that will NOT disappoint.