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Young lovers Ruth (Karen Meagher) and Jimmy (Reece Dinsdale) decide to get married after Ruth unexpectedly gets pregnant. But their quiet lives in Sheffield, England, are threatened when the Soviet Union and United States go to war. After a nuclear attack destroys a NATO base 20 miles from Sheffield, the town falls into chaos. Ruth and Jimmy are separated as the fallout spreads. Ruth must struggle to survive alone in the post-apocalyptic landscape.
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An urgent warning against nuclear conflict, Threads is a chilling hypothetical that achieves visceral horror with its matter-of-fact presentation of an apocalypse.

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Rick Groen Globe and Mail It's the accumulation of horrific detail that appalls and truly scares us - not just the putrefying bodies but the severing of civilization's entire network, modern man trapped in modernity's ashes. Apr 17, 2019 Full Review Sam Toy Empire Magazine Threads is most successful by its merciless refusal of sentimentality - every second is played for realism; this is a documentary of a nightmare, as we are taken, via a young unmarried couple, through a nuclear strike on Sheffield circa 1984, and beyond. Rated: 5/5 Apr 17, 2019 Full Review Sean O'Neal AV Club For all its grim hopelessness, Threads had a subtextual faith that people would understand all this before it was too late. Apr 17, 2019 Full Review Eve Tushnet Patheos I don’t know, what can you say about Threads? I knew its reputation and it lived up to it. Sep 18, 2023 Full Review Farah Cheded A Good Movie To Watch The viscerally chilling Threads is the kind of film you only watch once. Rated: 85/100 Aug 12, 2023 Full Review Grant Watson Fiction Machine It is not simply a powerful film, but an important one too. Rated: 9/10 May 24, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Extremely powerful and hard hitting movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/25 Full Review -McNulty - Well documented and powerful. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/27/25 Full Review nick s Impressive effort to depict the world after a nuclear holocaust. Mixing feature film, documentary format and still pictures, the director gives the viewer a harrowing, visceral experience. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/25 Full Review Audience Member A truly thought-provoking and, frankly, frightening movie. A cautionary tale of nuclear escalation. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/23/24 Full Review Harsh C Semi-realistic portrayal of what nuclear war would look like in the 80s, pretty depressing stuff. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 12/14/24 Full Review The Relum Tornado O Overrated trash that’s garnered a cult following. It’s acting and dialogue are sub crossroads, performances lacklustre and the special effects and sets laughably bad. The ‘shock’ ending of a young woman screaming at the sight of her mutant baby (kept offscreen) is a tedious end to a drab drama that tries and fails to shock. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/11/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Young lovers Ruth (Karen Meagher) and Jimmy (Reece Dinsdale) decide to get married after Ruth unexpectedly gets pregnant. But their quiet lives in Sheffield, England, are threatened when the Soviet Union and United States go to war. After a nuclear attack destroys a NATO base 20 miles from Sheffield, the town falls into chaos. Ruth and Jimmy are separated as the fallout spreads. Ruth must struggle to survive alone in the post-apocalyptic landscape.
Director
Mick Jackson
Producer
Mick Jackson
Screenwriter
Barry Hines
Production Co
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Western-World Television Inc., Nine Network Australia
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, War
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 10, 2018
Runtime
1h 50m
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