On the Brink: Doomsday

January. 01,1997      
Rating:
6.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The A-Bomb, the H-Bomb, Cold War, Kennedy, Khrushchev, Yeltsin, Reagan...Who said that the world was a safe place?

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Reviews

Jeanskynebu
1997/01/01

the audience applauded

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Acensbart
1997/01/02

Excellent but underrated film

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TrueHello
1997/01/03

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

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Geraldine
1997/01/04

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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