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Thriller about governments around the world racing to attempt to stop a terrorist organization from gaining loose nuclear weapons and supplies before it's too late. DVD includes a 15 minute round-table discussion about the threat of nuclear weapons with Tom Brokaw, Senator Richard Lugar (R) and former Senator Sam Nunn (D).

As if you weren't already fearful enough...

I interpreted this movie as yet another method of instilling fear within us. Anyone who&#39;s taken a U.S. history class knows of the events of Hiroshima, and practically everyone in the world knows of the events of September 11th. In my opinion, anyone with a brain is aware of the potential for a nuclear attack, and that as resentment grows and technology develops through time, the chances of such an attack happening get better and better. Why spend so much money creating a docu-drama with good actors and professional screen shots about a nuclear situation everyone&#39;s already familiar with? Why not spend less money and just make a documentary, with more facts and less dodgy U.S. glorification? This film totally portrays the U.S. as this do-good administration of compassionate pacifists (as another reviewer pointed out), which, as I&#39;m sure the majority of us are aware, isn&#39;t quite the whole story. And I&#39;m sorry, but from the get-go, the tag line, &quot;this film is based on facts&quot; really bugged me, especially since the storyline is fictional. Facts such as that there are terrorists out there plotting to nuke other countries, most notably us? No way, really!? Who would&#39;ve guessed?

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Last Best Chance

The Nuclear Threat Initiative made this film to draw attention to the threat of nuclear terrorism. It is clear in that message. The film&#39;s scenario is both frightening and plausible - it could happen. The film is very well done, especially considering that Last Best Chance is a &quot;docu-drama.&quot; While it is short (45 min), you could easily imagine the hypothetical plot being used in a Bruce Willis action movie. After the story ends, you can see a Tom Brokow interview with Senators Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar. Should you watch Last Best Chance? If you want to be entertained while at the same time learning more about this significant and realistic threat, then yes, you should watch it. * Spoiler * The movie leaves the viewer hanging. Of course, this reflects the reality of the situation they are trying to showcase. Just a caution - don&#39;t expect to leave the film with that warm fuzzy feeling that we grow accustomed to and expect in typical Hollywood movies.

Only kinda a spoiler in that you are left hanging as to the ultimate outcome, and thus are not informed of the worst part of nuclear terrorism. That worst part is not the carnage and perhaps hundreds of thousands dead and dying and decades of economic growth blown away leading to a world depression. No, the worst part is what to do next. There&#39;s no such thing as definitive nuclear forensics, no bits of rental van axles with serial numbers on them, no security cameras in the area to help solve who did it. The sort of evidence we rely on for a normal investigation is all vaporized. The pedigree of the nuclear material can perhaps be compared to very small samples we have as exemplars, but all this tells you is where the material was stolen from, which is likely Russia as having the weakest security, or perhaps even a blend from various locations. In either case, these are not the real culprits. So what to do next. There is no real retaliation option. Huge chunks of the world population don&#39;t even believe Osama bin Laden had anything to do with 9/11 even though he admits it on tape along with reams of other evidence. How many people would be persuaded by highly technical radiological evidence of isotope decay patterns? As the basis for a retaliatory nuclear strike? I don&#39;t think I would and can&#39;t imagine any moral person would. This dilemma, that retaliation against the perpetrators is impossible, becomes the real nightmare.

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