The funniest yet the most frightening satire on the gung-ho masculinity.

Rating: 10/10 (20 July 1999)

It was very refreshing to see some aspects of masculinity satirized so mercilessly by a male film-maker. This film is in one sense very contextualized by the political milieu of a particular time: we would never be able to feel the realness of the threat of nuclear holocaust of the time when the film was made. Nevertheless, its satirical thrust is still felt strongly.
By the way, why does the initial shots of the air-borne fuel-refilling scene seem more erotic than the sex orgy sequence of Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut?