Deterrence

1999

Drama / Thriller

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 46% · 39 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 60% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 2940 2.9K

diner judgment call

Director

Rod Lurie Photo
Rod Lurie

Top cast

Sean Astin Photo
Sean Astin as Ralph
Rod Lurie Photo
Rod Lurie as John Desimio
Marc Frydman Photo
Marc Frydman as Gestaing
Ryan Cutrona Photo
Ryan Cutrona as Agent Dexter
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957.23 MB
1280*718
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 44 min
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1.73 GB
1920*1078
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 44 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by =G= 7 / 10

A journeyman suspense/drama worth a look.

What happens when the US President on the campaign trail is caught in a Colorado snow storm and holes up in a diner with his entourage only to learn from a t.v. broadcast that Iraq has again invaded Kuwait? "Deterrent" attempts to answer that question as it, with a handful of actors in one room, sets the stage for WWIII. Short of some implausible moments, a few oversights, and an obvious absence of the expected profusion of sweat such a situation would precipitate, this well scripted and well acted film gathers momentum quickly and manages to hold interest with the abundance of technical and moral issues it conjures up.
Reviewed by mark-4401 5 / 10

Irresponsible well done movie....

Reviewed by driker22 7 / 10

Not a great movie, but surprising in February of 2003

This 1999 film features an appointed Vice President who assumes Presidential power upon the death of the President -- ergo, a completely unelected President. Interesting concept but more importantly, the basic plot has this President forced to face a major crisis in Iraq when all of his diplomatic and military power is concentrated on a crisis in Korea. Somebody must be reading this script in Washington right now -- but they switched the locations.At any rate, all of the ranting negative reviews and the flowery positive reviews I have seen here on IMDB about this film seem to me to miss the point. What happens in the film is of limited note compared to very strange feeling of "deja now" watching this film in February, 2003 while watching its big brother on CNN live. See this film! It's interesting, a bit disturbing, and sightly prescient (only partially I hope).
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