改编自尤金．贝狄克和哈维．威尔勒的作品，是一部从美苏对峙的冷战形势引伸出来的“写实幻想片"。内容讲述由于机械失误的关系，美国轰炸机队出发轰炸莫斯科，美国总统在无法唤回轰炸机之余，下令美军也将纽约摧毁。本片片中所描述的情况很有可能发生，因此对观众具有一种强烈的震撼力。导演自开场十分钟之后即一直紧握气氛至终场，但开场的首十分钟却有点混乱。本片最大的特色就是全无配乐。
- flavo432025年11月28日Fail Safe is one of the most gripping and sobering nuclear-war dramas ever made. Released in 1964, it presents a terrifyingly plausible scenario: an accidental signal sends a U.S. bomber group toward Moscow with orders to strike, triggering a global crisis that no one can stop. In a desperate attempt to prevent full-scale Armageddon, the United States agrees to sacrifice one of its own cities—an unthinkable decision that leads to profound personal tragedy for those involved. The film is stark, tense, and claustrophobic, unfolding almost like a stage play as leaders, soldiers, and families grapple with the consequences of failure in the nuclear command system. It raises sharp questions about deterrence, automation, human error, and the illusion of control in an age of doomsday weapons. While Fail Safe didn’t perform as well at the box office—largely overshadowed by Dr. Strangelove, which explored similar themes in satirical form—it remains a haunting, powerful classic.
- Kevin Ward2025年7月2日Really loved this. Cold War thriller that imagines a scenario where the fail safe mechanisms of nuclear warfare breakdown and the worst case scenarios play out and no one has any power to stop it. It’s a tense thriller where the tension has been ramped up by its minimalist production and score. Though a product of its time, it’s hard not to see how fail safe could speak into the present, particularly the use of artificial intelligence. The prescient fear of the consequence of relegating world altering decisions and safeguards to artificial mechanisms, while we sit on the sidelines watching our own doom play out on computer monitors, powerless to alter our trajectory. Dark stuff and a fantastically dark ending. Released in the same year as Dr. Strangelove, this is a fantastic companion piece from the brilliant Sidney Lumet. Highly recommend.
- Chris2024年12月29日“You learned too well, professor. You learned so well the now there’s no difference between you and what you want to kill.” - General Warren A. Black. A chilling Cold War epic. Such a great and powerful cast. Even future funny man Dom DeLuise and the future commissioner of Hazzard County makes a sneaky dramatic appearance.⛑🕸☎️
奇幻核子战花絮
奇幻核子战于1964年10月7日发布。
奇幻核子战由Sidney Lumet执导。
奇幻核子战的时长为1小时 52分钟。
奇幻核子战由Max E. Youngstein, Charles H. Maguire制作。
改编自尤金．贝狄克和哈维．威尔勒的作品，是一部从美苏对峙的冷战形势引伸出来的“写实幻想片"。内容讲述由于机械失误的关系，美国轰炸机队出发轰炸莫斯科，美国总统在无法唤回轰炸机之余，下令美军也将纽约摧毁。本片片中所描述的情况很有可能发生，因此对观众具有一种强烈的震撼力。导演自开场十分钟之后即一直紧握气氛至终场，但开场的首十分钟却有点混乱。本片最大的特色就是全无配乐。
奇幻核子战中的关键角色有The President（Henry Fonda）, Prof. Groeteschele（Walter Matthau）, Col. Cascio（Fritz Weaver）。
奇幻核子战的评级为Not Rated。
奇幻核子战是一部剧情, 惊悚, 战争电影。
奇幻核子战的观众评分为9.1（满分10分）。