Fresh
Comes loaded with a relatively big budget and a line-up of talking heads more powerful than a meeting of the Bilderberg Group.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Overview
Although the Cold War is behind us, the threat of nuclear disaster remains very real. Director Lucy Walker discusses the invention of the atomic bomb and brings the story into the present day, examining the possibility of nuclear calamity under the categories of "Madness," "Accident" and "Miscalculation." With narration by Gary Oldman, the film includes a hypothetical sequence of a nuclear explosion in New York City's Times Square, timed to coincide with the New Year's Eve countdown.
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80%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Like the ongoing threat itself, Countdown is simply numbing.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
Countdown to Zero may not be the most fun you'll have in the movies this year, but it is absolutely mandatory viewing.
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Fresh
Made-up horror movies have nothing on Countdown to Zero.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh
The news is ugly. The film is often gorgeous and wields a cumulative power to humanize potential devastation.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
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