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Maka M Depicts how the common folk will suffer from leaders stupid decision ending in nuclear war, highly relevant and will probably be even more relevant in the future. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/16/25 Full Review Audience Member I think everyone should watch this. It's a sobering docu-drama and makes you realise how utterly pointlessly fu***** we would be as a world if we inflicted nuclear war on the world. Really honest, sobering and engaging film. some of the scenes are absolutely wonderfully shot and really interesting, We should sit down every leader in a room and force them to watch it. This never rang so true. 'the war after nuclear war would be fought with sticks and stones' - A.Einstein Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/08/25 Full Review Tim S Given current events in the 21st Century with Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Iran and The U.S.A. “Threads” holds a new and very real relevance. Mick Jackson’s bleak docudrama first aired on U.K. T.V. in 1984 at the height of Nuclear threat. Along with “The Day After” in the U.S.A., “Threads” purposely set out to show the effects of Nuclear War on the general population in the 20th Century. Set in early 1984 Sheffield U.K. with its timber merchants, corner shops, factories, pubs, high street chains and typical British housing stock , Mick Jackson ensured the town was familiar and relatable to the viewing public. The onscreen action of “Threads” could be in any town in the U.K. and the people affected by the build up to and effects of nuclear war anyones family and neighbours.  Some 40 years plus since original airing,  “Threads” continues to be a powerful, nothing glamorised, hard hitting, realistic vision of what could be if the unspeakable actually does happen. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/06/25 Full Review rex w Well directed and produced, but you gotta be in the right frame of mind to watch this depressing docu-drama. I wasn't. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/29/25 Full Review Iwanna L Without the cliche heroism, cruelty and violence often seen in war films, this movie leaves you changed by mixing the story at the personal level with the realistic depiction of the implications of nuclear war on humanity. Very well done but deeply disturbing. An eye opener that everyone should watch. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/16/25 Full Review Peter Y Possibly compelling but I can't make it through the endless closeups. Maybe that's a BBC thing? ugh... Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/04/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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