I was reminded of this 2-part mini-series the other day, which I never
really saw first time around, so decided to give it a go.
The title is somewhat misleading as this is less "The Day After" and
more "Red Dawn".
The Russians invade Alsaka, with the intention of capturing an oil
pipeline. But they are discovered by some Alaskan National Guard
soldiers who are out on a training exercise.
David Soul, who's their new base commander, flies out to find out whats
been going on and after discovering the Russians objective, they fly on
ahead and secure the pipeline compound.
The film cuts between the National Guardsmen trying to hold out with
limited supplies in the hopes that re-enforcements can get there in
time, and the US president and Russian leader going through a series of crisis talks in Iceland hoping to remedy the situation diplomatically.
This was originally a 2-part mini-series for US TV, though was screened
in the UK on ITV and later released on video.
Clocking in at just over 3 hours in total, there does seem to be an
awful lot of extraneous dialogue to pad the running time out, mainly
with the Russian and US presidents going about their buisiness as it
looks increasingly like war is going to break out.
I also thought this was let down by its synth soundtrack, which doesn't always suit the mood of the film.
A great pity as there's potentially a really good film trying to get
out. Certainly the skirmishes between the Soviet troops and National Guardsmen were pretty captivating and it has a pretty decent cast, which includes Rock Hudson, Cathy Lee Crosby (the original Wonder Woman), US
TV actor Robert Prosky (of Hill Street Blues fame) character actor and
future Bond baddie Jerome Krabbe and of course David Soul.
Interestingly, the crisis talks between the Russian and US Presidents in
this are said to take place in Reykjavik, Iceland. Which was where the
later real-life Nuclear disarmament talks between Gorbachev and Reagan
took place some 5 years later.
It's a bit overly long and a lot of things, like what finally happens in
the end battle at the Pipeline compound, are shown in abstract or
alluded to offscreen, which was bit of a let down. But it's worth a watch.
On 4/9/2018 2:24 PM, Simon T wrote:"Red Dawn".
I was reminded of this 2-part mini-series the other day, which I never >
really saw first time around, so decided to give it a go.
The title is somewhat misleading as this is less "The Day After" and > more
Trailer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-OvptbGhSoThe Russians invade Alsaka, with the intention of capturing an oil >
pipeline. But they are discovered by some Alaskan National Guard >
soldiers who are out on a training exercise.
David Soul, who's their new base commander, flies out to find out whats
been going on and after discovering the Russians objective, they flyThe film cuts between the National Guardsmen trying to hold out with >
on > ahead and secure the pipeline compound.
limited supplies in the hopes that re-enforcements can get there in >
time, and the US president and Russian leader going through a series of
crisis talks in Iceland hoping to remedy the situation diplomatically. >>> This was originally a 2-part mini-series for US TV, though was screenedClocking in at just over 3 hours in total, there does seem to be an >
in the UK on ITV and later released on video.
awful lot of extraneous dialogue to pad the running time out, mainly >
with the Russian and US presidents going about their buisiness as it >
looks increasingly like war is going to break out.
I also thought this was let down by its synth soundtrack, which doesn't
always suit the mood of the film.A great pity as there's potentially a really good film trying to get >
out. Certainly the skirmishes between the Soviet troops and National >
Guardsmen were pretty captivating and it has a pretty decent cast,
which > includes Rock Hudson, Cathy Lee Crosby (the original Wonder
Woman), US > TV actor Robert Prosky (of Hill Street Blues fame)
character actor and > future Bond baddie Jerome Krabbe and of course David Soul.
Interestingly, the crisis talks between the Russian and US Presidents
in > this are said to take place in Reykjavik, Iceland. Which was where
the > later real-life Nuclear disarmament talks between Gorbachev and
Reagan > took place some 5 years later.
It's a bit overly long and a lot of things, like what finally happens
in > the end battle at the Pipeline compound, are shown in abstract or
alluded to offscreen, which was bit of a let down. But it's worth a watch.
It does look interesting. I'm not sure how I missed this one when it originally aired. Especially considering it came on right after CHIPS.
Andrew
I was reminded of this 2-part mini-series the other day, which I never
really saw first time around, so decided to give it a go.
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