Threads

Threads
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Directed by: Mick Jackson

Overview

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.

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Reviews (3)

  • znapper (Rated: 10)

    This film was, for many, a turning-point regarding nuclear weapons, the cold war and nuclear-politics.

    Set in a 1984 UK industrial-suburbia, as the cold war gets hot, we follow regular people in their daily lives and how they prepare for the coming apocalypse.

    Barry Hines and Mick Jackson expl...

  • Rodney Wollam (Rated: 9)

    Once again, I struggled to understand the British English. At least this time, I didn't really need to. Not a word needed to be spoken to convey the very real horror we might all be subjected to. Now, closer to that armageddon than ever before in our history. I just hope I die in the initial blast. ...

  • TkA (Rated: 9)

    Hauntingly Grim.

    Threads is a hauntingly grim, yet important film that portrays the devastating effects of a nuclear war. Set in the UK during the 1980s, it follows the lead up to a worldwide nuclear crisis and the aftermath of the bombs wiping out most of the country. The film paints a bleak...

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