Finally a win for Costner

Rating: Null/10 (27 August 2001)

It's really sad when I expect a certain actor's performance to be bad based on previous movies. Poor Kevin Costner just hasn't had many winners lately with lame movies like "The Postman", "A Perfect World", "Waterworld" and "Wyatt Earp." But finally, Kevin has redeemed himself. And, he finally manages to nail down an accent (unlike "Robin Hood"). Though these events were ten years before my time, it was a fascinating tale of a very nerve-racking fortnight. My parents told me stories of the empty supermarket aisles, hiding under school desks and the bomb shelters, but I never really understood the paranoia until I saw this movie. Now it makes sense. Well filmed and well acted--way to go, Kevin.