A great topic to keep in the back of everyone's mind

Rating: 7/10 (2 January 2005)

The film effectively illustrates how close we came to a nuclear war, and how each and every action can escalate into something we all do not want to happen. I find it interesting that even today, the USA is still staring down nations trying to develop their nuclear capabilities and one can only hope we never experience something similar to what happened over 40 years ago. Now, in terms of the acting, I respect Costner's choice to try for the accent, but didn't anyone on set notice it was not working. The accent was so strong sometimes and non-existent at other times, it really took me away from the movie. It was very distracting and I felt the movie could have much smoother without it, and nobody would have ever complained.