The heavyweight cast shows it's an expensive production. This automatically removes this film from the low budget category and cannot forgive it for the plethora of inconsistencies and technical deficiencies. The plot is not well deployed and the flow is somehow problematic. It still remains an interesting subject and its airing on CBS helps promoting awareness for nuclear safety. Or at least I hope so. Unfortunately, once more, it cannot avoid praising American supremacy, but we're now used to it. At least Russians are presented smarter than the average cold war movies.