The Fail Safe 2000 version simply does not match the 1964 film masterpiece's acting or drama.
I'm an USAF veteran who worked with the real Fail Safe system (not the correct name by the way) and the 1964 version rang all too true to me.
Henry Fonda's acting was right on target, so to speak, and brought back some memories of a very tense time in world history.
The 2000 version just seemed like a half-hearted remake without the compelling drama and performances of the 1964 original film.
Food for thought: The USAF command and control authority kept the largest arsenal of weapons in the history of mankind under perfect control for decades--without a glitch--until it was no longer needed after the Soviet Union's collapse. The movie dramatized the effects of accidental --or deliberate--use of nuclear weapons which is commendable. It is not a topic to be taken lightly.
I'm an USAF veteran who worked with the real Fail Safe system (not the correct name by the way) and the 1964 version rang all too true to me.
Henry Fonda's acting was right on target, so to speak, and brought back some memories of a very tense time in world history.
The 2000 version just seemed like a half-hearted remake without the compelling drama and performances of the 1964 original film.
Food for thought: The USAF command and control authority kept the largest arsenal of weapons in the history of mankind under perfect control for decades--without a glitch--until it was no longer needed after the Soviet Union's collapse. The movie dramatized the effects of accidental --or deliberate--use of nuclear weapons which is commendable. It is not a topic to be taken lightly.