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Deterrence

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The President of the United States finds himself snowed in at a Colorado diner. The President must confront a national crisis and impending war when Iraq invades Kuwait. Trapped in the snowbound diner, faced with the prospect of a two-front war, the President has less than two hours to decide whether to deploy the ultimate weapon.
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Nell Minow Common Sense Media A president wrestles with another Iraq war. Rated: 3/5 Dec 22, 2010 Full Review Susan Stark Detroit News Rated: 3/4 Feb 22, 2001 Full Review Ernest Hardy Film.com It may be a little too dour, a little too self-inflated. Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com Lurie quickly glazes over one important bit of backstory in the early going, a point that is crucial to understand some motivation. Rated: 2.5/4 Jul 16, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 1/5 Jun 30, 2005 Full Review Widgett Walls Needcoffee.com Taut and intense. Pollak is outstanding. Rated: 4/5 Mar 26, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Surpringly well acted low budget thriller Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Frances H Although this film was well acted and scripted, I hate the message that this movie puts out--that dropping nuclear weapons is necessary under some circumstances and that it is the duty of the United States to police the world. With Donald Trump vying to be president, and the fact that he says that his foreign policy against any country vs the US is to "nuke 'em, " this a dangerous film to run at this time on any TV channel. And Sean Astin's character certainly typifies the type of person who supports Trump. It's a bad example for any time and place. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/03/16 Full Review Audience Member Thought provoking and sobering. Hutton was great, as usual. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member I just cannot find this movie anywhere!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member This is the first effort from Lurie, who went on to make the superior "The Contender" after this. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Pollak's performance is very good but the film itself falls flat. The film isn't terrible but it is nothing all that good either, simply mediocre. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The President of the United States finds himself snowed in at a Colorado diner. The President must confront a national crisis and impending war when Iraq invades Kuwait. Trapped in the snowbound diner, faced with the prospect of a two-front war, the President has less than two hours to decide whether to deploy the ultimate weapon.
Director
Rod Lurie
Producer
Marc Frydman, James Spies
Screenwriter
Rod Lurie
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Battleplan Productions, TF1 International, Moonstone Entertainment
Rating
R (Violence|Language)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 10, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 15, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$144.6K
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Surround
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