Missiles Of October was better

Rating: 10/10 (21 August 2001)

Not as good as the tv mini-series MISSILES OF OCTOBER.Not as accurate or as well acted.The only thing better with 13 DAYS in comparison are those great modern special effects featured for the action battle/recon sequences.Watch 13 DAYS for those cool sequences.It would be nice to just insert those sequences into MISSILES OF OCTOBER.Even as a condensed version of MISSILES OF OCTOBER it does not stand up due to the overblown role of Costner's character.It would have been better if the JFK actor/character in 13 DAYS was written in to be truly the lead of the movie.But it was a missfire when the producers decided to make Costner's character the lead and underplay the great JFK.You cannot tone down or underplay JFK without loosing points in any movie featuring a story revolving around him.He was too big of a personality.It was a bad Holywood compromise for Costner's name.It robbed the movie of it's chance to be a classic.Try to catch MISSILES OF OCTOBER first before seeing this one (only for said action sequences).Still worth a look as a backup to said tv movie(which is one of the best TV movies of all time).Costner fans will love 13 DAYS for sure.......