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Fail Safe

Fail Safe

2000
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
TV Movie
1h 26m
America launches a nuclear attack on Russia due to an electrical malfuntion.

Directed by:

Stephen Frears
Stephen-Frears
46 total credits
Stephen Arthur Frears is an English film director. Frears has directed a number of successful films in both Britain and America, including The Hi-Lo Country (1998), High Fidelity (2000), Dirty Pretty Things (2003) and Mrs Henderson Presents starring Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins. His film, The Queen (2006), was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture...(Wikipedia)

Writers:

Eugene Burdick
Eugene-Burdick
3 total credits
Eugene Burdick has 3 credits at Criticker, including: Fail-Safe, Fail Safe and The Ugly American
,
Harvey Wheeler
Harvey-Wheeler
2 total credits
Harvey Wheeler has 2 credits at Criticker, including: Fail-Safe and Fail Safe
,
Walter Bernstein
Walter-Bernstein
24 total credits
Walter Bernstein has 24 credits at Criticker, including: Fail-Safe, The Front, Fail Safe, Paris Blues and The Molly Maguires

Starring:

Don Cheadle
Don-Cheadle
70 total credits
A respected amateur poker player and expert of the board game Go, Cheadle first rose to fame after a role on the cult 90s show Picket Fences. After supporting roles in a few Steven Soderbergh films, he picked up an Oscar nomination for his highly-praised lead performance in 2004's Hotel Rwanda.
,
Hank Azaria
Hank-Azaria
54 total credits
Hank Azaria has 54 credits at Criticker, including: The Simpsons Movie, Pretty Woman, Godzilla, Along Came Polly and Grosse Pointe Blank
,
Richard Dreyfuss
Richard-Dreyfuss
93 total credits
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss is an American actor best known for starring in a number of film, television, and theater roles since the late 1960s, including the films American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Goodbye Girl, Whose Life Is It Anyway?, Stakeout, Always, What About Bob?, Poseidon and Mr. Holland's Opus.Dreyfuss won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1977 for The Goodbye Girl, and was nominated in 1995 for Mr. Holland's Opus...(Wikipedia)
,
Brian Dennehy
Brian-Dennehy
107 total credits
Brian Dennehy has 107 credits at Criticker, including: Ratatouille, Romeo + Juliet, First Blood, Tommy Boy and Assault on Precinct 13
,
James Cromwell
James-Cromwell
95 total credits
James Cromwell played kindly Farmer Hoggett in the 1995 movie Babe, winning an Oscar nomination as best supporting actor for the role. Cromwell was already a veteran character actor who had begun working in television in the early 1970s. He played Archie Bunker's friend Stretch Cunningham on the sitcom All In the Family and made dozens of guest appearances in shows like M*A*S*H (with Alan Alda) and Three's Company (with Suzanne Somers).
,
Harvey Keitel
Harvey-Keitel
136 total credits
Harvey Keitel is an American actor who has starred in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, Ridley Scott's The Duellists and Thelma and Louise, Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Jane Campion's The Piano, Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant, James Mangold's Cop Land and Theo Angelopoulos's Ulysses' Gaze (which TIME Magazine called one of the Top 100 Films of All Time)...(Wikipedia)
,
George Clooney
George-Clooney
77 total credits
George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. For his work as an actor, he has received two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award. Clooney is noted for parlaying his celebrity into social activism and has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since January 31, 2008...(Wikipedia)
,
Walter Cronkite
Walter-Cronkite
21 total credits
Walter Cronkite has 21 credits at Criticker, including: We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, The U.S. vs. John Lennon, Fail Safe, The Martha Mitchell Effect and The Sixties
,
Sam Elliott
Sam-Elliott
77 total credits
Samuel Pack "Sam" Elliott is an American actor. In films, he is often characterized by his rangy physique, thick horseshoe moustache and deep, resonant speaking voice. In 1970-71, Elliott starred as Doug Robert in the hit TV series Mission: Impossible, and played the lead character Sam Damon in Once an Eagle, an NBC miniseries during the 1976-77 season... - www.wikipedia.org
,
Grant Heslov
Grant-Heslov
24 total credits
Grant Heslov has 24 credits at Criticker, including: True Lies, The Scorpion King, Good Night, and Good Luck and The Men Who Stare at Goats
,
Noah Wyle
Noah-Wyle
30 total credits
Noah Wyle has 30 credits at Criticker, including: Donnie Darko, A Few Good Men, Enough, White Oleander and Pirates of Silicon Valley

Franchise:

Fail-Safe

AKA:

Fail-Safe

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Fail Safe

2000
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
TV Movie
1h 26m
Avg Percentile 60.67% from 109 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

(109)
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Rated 10 Oct 2009
60
52nd
Alright
Rated 13 Jul 2019
80
79th
Top badass moment? Oops. George Clooney makes a mistake even bigger than becoming Batman. But I'm not without a degree of sympathy for him. My own satnav often seems to make errors. I frequently have to make split second decisions about whether to ignore its instructions or not, which in the worst case scenario can result in my wasting a bit of time and having to find somewhere to turn around and go back the way I came. So I could relate to his position. No cats, chainsaws or decapitations.
Rated 03 Jan 2009
70
69th
Good. Remake of a 1964 live TV special and also broadcast live, its a decent cold war era "what if" scenario where the USA accidently triggers a nuclear attack against Russia. It gets off to a slow start but builds up to a pretty satisfying edge of your seat climax. Recommended for rental.
Rated 03 Aug 2013
20
15th
The production style is truly awful and ruins the film. The acting and cinematography are weak as well. If you're looking for a tense cold-war drama/suspense film about generals and presidents deciding the fate of the world, go watch '13 Days' instead.
Rated 06 Mar 2011
65
73rd
Very good.
Rated 06 Feb 2010
62
35th
Unnecessary remake that heavily relied on the live format and eclectic casting. Watch the original instead for a more crafted tension and authentic feel.
Rated 25 Apr 2008
40
22nd
Despite the talent involved it never manages to captivate you or pull you into the story.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Stephen Frears
Stephen-Frears
46 total credits
Stephen Arthur Frears is an English film director. Frears has directed a number of successful films in both Britain and America, including The Hi-Lo Country (1998), High Fidelity (2000), Dirty Pretty Things (2003) and Mrs Henderson Presents starring Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins. His film, The Queen (2006), was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture...(Wikipedia)

Writers:

Eugene Burdick
Eugene-Burdick
3 total credits
Eugene Burdick has 3 credits at Criticker, including: Fail-Safe, Fail Safe and The Ugly American
,
Harvey Wheeler
Harvey-Wheeler
2 total credits
Harvey Wheeler has 2 credits at Criticker, including: Fail-Safe and Fail Safe
,
Walter Bernstein
Walter-Bernstein
24 total credits
Walter Bernstein has 24 credits at Criticker, including: Fail-Safe, The Front, Fail Safe, Paris Blues and The Molly Maguires

Starring:

Don Cheadle
Don-Cheadle
70 total credits
A respected amateur poker player and expert of the board game Go, Cheadle first rose to fame after a role on the cult 90s show Picket Fences. After supporting roles in a few Steven Soderbergh films, he picked up an Oscar nomination for his highly-praised lead performance in 2004's Hotel Rwanda.
,
Hank Azaria
Hank-Azaria
54 total credits
Hank Azaria has 54 credits at Criticker, including: The Simpsons Movie, Pretty Woman, Godzilla, Along Came Polly and Grosse Pointe Blank
,
Richard Dreyfuss
Richard-Dreyfuss
93 total credits
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss is an American actor best known for starring in a number of film, television, and theater roles since the late 1960s, including the films American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Goodbye Girl, Whose Life Is It Anyway?, Stakeout, Always, What About Bob?, Poseidon and Mr. Holland's Opus.Dreyfuss won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1977 for The Goodbye Girl, and was nominated in 1995 for Mr. Holland's Opus...(Wikipedia)
,
Brian Dennehy
Brian-Dennehy
107 total credits
Brian Dennehy has 107 credits at Criticker, including: Ratatouille, Romeo + Juliet, First Blood, Tommy Boy and Assault on Precinct 13
,
James Cromwell
James-Cromwell
95 total credits
James Cromwell played kindly Farmer Hoggett in the 1995 movie Babe, winning an Oscar nomination as best supporting actor for the role. Cromwell was already a veteran character actor who had begun working in television in the early 1970s. He played Archie Bunker's friend Stretch Cunningham on the sitcom All In the Family and made dozens of guest appearances in shows like M*A*S*H (with Alan Alda) and Three's Company (with Suzanne Somers).
,
Harvey Keitel
Harvey-Keitel
136 total credits
Harvey Keitel is an American actor who has starred in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, Ridley Scott's The Duellists and Thelma and Louise, Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Jane Campion's The Piano, Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant, James Mangold's Cop Land and Theo Angelopoulos's Ulysses' Gaze (which TIME Magazine called one of the Top 100 Films of All Time)...(Wikipedia)
,
George Clooney
George-Clooney
77 total credits
George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. For his work as an actor, he has received two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award. Clooney is noted for parlaying his celebrity into social activism and has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since January 31, 2008...(Wikipedia)
,
Walter Cronkite
Walter-Cronkite
21 total credits
Walter Cronkite has 21 credits at Criticker, including: We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, The U.S. vs. John Lennon, Fail Safe, The Martha Mitchell Effect and The Sixties
,
Sam Elliott
Sam-Elliott
77 total credits
Samuel Pack "Sam" Elliott is an American actor. In films, he is often characterized by his rangy physique, thick horseshoe moustache and deep, resonant speaking voice. In 1970-71, Elliott starred as Doug Robert in the hit TV series Mission: Impossible, and played the lead character Sam Damon in Once an Eagle, an NBC miniseries during the 1976-77 season... - www.wikipedia.org
,
Grant Heslov
Grant-Heslov
24 total credits
Grant Heslov has 24 credits at Criticker, including: True Lies, The Scorpion King, Good Night, and Good Luck and The Men Who Stare at Goats
,
Noah Wyle
Noah-Wyle
30 total credits
Noah Wyle has 30 credits at Criticker, including: Donnie Darko, A Few Good Men, Enough, White Oleander and Pirates of Silicon Valley

Franchise:

Fail-Safe

AKA:

Fail-Safe

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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