I didn't see this movie as a kid, so there's no nostalgia warping my sense of reality. This movie is barely a B movie. There is little in the way of plot beyond some slight character building and background news reports of building tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union. Then comes the nuclear war and with it goes any actual story. The film then switches to a series of bleak vignettes of increasing decay coupled with still photographs of death and destruction. The imagery in this movie is bleak and was perhaps decent for the early/mid 80's, but the rash of 10/10 ratings is odd. A movie rated 10/10 would suggest this movie couldn't be improved upon in any way, which is laughable. Apocalyptic books and films are some of my favorites and this wasn't easy to sit through all the way. Yet another movie falling victim to IMDB's increasingly skewed rating system.
Review of Threads
