The War Game Details

worth watching but.....

An interesting, well made, and scary exploration of the likely effects of a nuclear strike on Britain during the cold war.

Whilst the film provides a useful reality check on the horrific effects of nuclear war it is shamelessly unilaterist.The film portrays deterrence as an idiotic policy that just invites attack and the catastrophe portrayed in the film.

With the benefit of hindsight mutually assured destruction based deterrence did work. After all, we are all still here.

The film is also flawed by its assumption of moral equivilence between the Warsaw pact dictatorships and NATO democracies. A world dominated by repressive dictatorships unchecked by a disarmed west would't have been worth living in.'Imagine a boot treading on a human face forever'(Orwel I think).

As a "historical" artefact this is well worth seeing, but if you're expecting modern effects forget it, this was made in the sixties!

easy to see why the film was originally banned by the government, even in todays climate the subject matter is both relevant, thought-provoking a nd frightening.