thesar-2 I remember hearing about the cold war when I was young. Hell, I lived through the last part of it. But, I was never told about this. Too bad. This would've educated ANYONE on how dumb countries are for having nukes.For a nearly 3½ decades-old TV movie, I'm thoroughly amazed on how realistically this was shot, told and presented. I'm sure they had budget concerns for being on the tele, but for 95% of the film, you wouldn't see any real issues. And, I personally only had one major issue with the whole idea of this mockumentary's take on nuclear war and its fallout.Let's just not get ahead of ourselves and start from the beginning. And a beginning I almost turned off several times, admittedly. I'm glad I didn't.The film's first half was everyday life in a British town with the threat of war from the big baddies of the time: US v USSR via Iran. (Huh, sounds familiar, 34 years later...) People did take notice - some riots happened, rallies definitely and some panic at the grocery stores, but for the most part, realistically, life went on for these Brits. As stated, BAM! about half-way through, THEE bomb goes off nearby. Several, in fact. Prior, we followed a few families and families-to-be and we were also introduced to "the men and woman who could, ah-hem, haphazardly, put society back together after this kind of event." After the nuclear strikes, we see some of their struggles, but also a somewhat guide of survival. Bad news: it WON'T be easy or pretty.Again, this movie holds up today and for this first time viewer who didn't even know this movie existed more than a couple of hours ago, I was wildly blown away (sorry) with how well everything came out onscreen: from the makeup, to the destruction, to the narration of what was happening overall.My only gripe, I previously mentioned, was that this seemed to give the impression that every square inch of the Earth was nuked and no help would ever come. I find that hard to believe. There's always someone willing to help and serve mankind whether it be from the heart or from someone seeking power and riches. One way or another, someone's coming in to help. Unless, again, the entire surface of the world was destroyed...and I just don't buy that.But, say you do buy that, well then, this movie is a great lesson on the monsters who would even consider using nukes to solve any kind of conflict. This ABSOLUTELY should be shown to those in power and even though I'm ignorant to the process, I would love to see at least 40-50 checks go through before this option is even considered. Personally, if I had my way, all nukes would be flown up into space, into a huge net and tossed into the sun like in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. But, like that movie, most would think that's a terrible idea.This is a powerful movie and despite the slow start, or first half, it's absolutely worth seeing. It's just too stinking bad this annihilation of Planet Earth is still an option for some countries. Including my own.***Final thoughts: I understand this is TV movie, but how has this NOT been more widely known? Like I said above, before tonight, I never heard of this. I remember glowing (again, sorry) after seeing Hidden Figures and stating: that movie needs to be seen by all, ESPECIALLY young girls and women. This "Threads" film also needs to be seen by all, ESPECIALLY for those who actually, and horrifyingly, love the bomb. And never stop worrying.

The Couchpotatoes I rate this movie with 6 stars while keeping in mind it has been made in 1984 and so I shouldn't expect high definition and advanced technology. For it's time it's a movie worth watching. It looked like the kind of movie you could expect at that time, more a documentary on how to react after a nuclear attack and fallout. Or a propaganda movie on how evil the Russians are. But then I would expect this movie been made by the Americans as it was normal in those days to teach the kids who the big enemy was. But it's in Sheffield, and I couldn't get the feeling of watching a fictional movie but more a kit on how to survive a nuclear blast and what will the consequences be you will face. I totally can see this movie been shown at school, as a mandatory watch. It's not mindblowing acting, it's just raw, and it makes you think about nuclear power and evil humanity. Not bad to watch once for a movie from that era.

columbusbuck 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. The after is actually worse than the blast itself. God help us all.

xleapki Destroyed buildings, looting, criminals, homeless, polluted water. Pretty much as Sheffield is today but with less immigrants. This film is a great incentive to drop the bomb. I eagerly await the sequals set in bristol and Peterborough.