Fresh
I got caught up in the global chess game, in the bluffing and the dares, the dangerous strategy of using nuclear blackmail against a fanatic who might call the bluff.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Deterrence
Every President has a defining moment. Walter Emerson is about to have his.
2000 · 1h 41m · R
Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Rod Lurie
Overview
The President of the United States must deal with an international military crisis while confined to a Colorado diner during a freak snowstorm.
Director and cast
- Rod Lurie Director
- Kevin Pollak as Walter Emerson
- Timothy Hutton as Marshall Thompson
- Sheryl Lee Ralph as Gayle Redford
- Clotilde Courau as Katie
- Sean Astin as Ralph
- Mark Thompson as Gerald Irvin
- Michael Mantell as Taylor Woods
- Kathryn Morris as Lizzie Woods
- Ryan Cutrona as Agent Dexter
- Joe McCrackin as Agent Williams
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
46%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The film begins and ends with footage of FDR intoning "I hate war," something the film takes two interminable hours to say.
Jessica Winter, Village Voice
Fresh
One of the pleasures of Deterrence is that it does not tell the audience what to think.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
The talk grows tired while the tension, alas, barely grows at all. And the ending is a cheat, pure and simple.
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fresh
Deterrence does serve up some wonderfully chewy pulp during its generally engaging 101 minutes, along with a certain vagueness of point-of-view.
Robert Horton, Film.com
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