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Series
Mission impossible film volume 6
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.
2) Fail-safe
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
A computer malfunction causes nuclear-equipped American bombers to destroy Moscow and the president of the United States has to take terrible measures to appease the Soviets and prevent all-out nuclear war.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
John McClane, the heroic New York cop with a knack for being in the wrong place at the right time, is back, and his latest predicament takes him all the way to Russia to track down his estranged son, Jack, who has been imprisoned in Moscow. But the mission takes a deadly turn as father and son must join forces to thwart a nuclear weapons heist that could trigger World War III.
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
In post-Soviet Russia, nothing is as it seems. When members of the Russian Mafia pose as KGB agents to steal a nuclear missile, the CIA calls on martial arts master Jackie Chan to stop them. Jackie treks the globe--from the icy glaciers of the Ukraine to the pristine beaches of Australia--traveling by submarines, stilts and snowboards, encountering man-eating sharks and heartstopping beauties.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the remote desert of New Mexico, "The Manhattan Project" is materializing - the World War II effort to build the atomic bomb. **Oscar**-winner Paul Newman (*Hud*, *Nobody's Fool*) stars as General Leslie Groves, the military man in charge of a massive project that will produce two weapons: "Fat Man" and "Little Boy." Nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear at the **Berlin International Film Festival**. *"A singular, powerful experience." - Hal Hinson,...
Language
English
Formats
Description
A group of paranoia-inspired, war-happy generals manage to initiate an "accidential" nuclear apocalypse. Joint Chief of Staff "Buck" Turgidson and Air Force Strategic Commander Jack Ripper, order a bomber squadron to attack the USSR. This triggers a Soviet secret weapon called the 'Doomsday Machine.' The weapon is a diabolical retaliatory missile system. In an attempt to advert this catastrophe, British Captain Lionel Mandrake becomes the only person...
7) Sunshine
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
It is the year 2057, the sun is dying and mankind faces extinction. Earth's last hope rests with a courageous crew of eight men and women on a mission to ignite the fading star with a massive nuclear weapon. Deep into their voyage, out of radio contact with Earth, their mission begins to unravel and they find themselves fighting not only for their lives, but for the future of us all.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Bruce Willis is back in action as John McClane, the heroic New York cop with a knack for being in the wrong place at the right time. John's latest predicament takes him all the way to Russia to track down his estranged son, Jack, who has been imprisoned in Moscow. But the mission takes a deadly turn as father and son must join forces to thwart a nuclear weapons heist that could trigger World War III.
10) Fail safe
Series
Criterion collection volume 1011
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This unnerving procedural thriller painstakingly details an all-too-plausible nightmare scenario in which a mechanical failure jams the United States military's chain of command and sends the country hurtling toward nuclear war with the Soviet Union. Working from a contemporary best seller, screenwriter Walter Bernstein and director Sidney Lumet wrench harrowing suspense from the doomsday fears of the Cold War era, making the most of a modest budget...
11) Fail_safe
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The retelling of the classic Cold War doomsday thriller. A computer malfunction triggers the transmission of nuclear-attack codes to a U.S. bomber squadron. The orders are irreversible, the primary target is Moscow, and the President, his advisors and military leaders race time to head off global catastrophe. Recalling the adrenaline-rush of early TV drama, this movie was staged and telecast live in black-and-white, establishing an immediate sense...
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
"When the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously set off nuclear explosions, the London Daily Express begins to report on bizarre weather changes around the world. But when the reporters dig deeper, they discover that the blasts have knocked Earth off its axis and sent it hurtling towards the sun. Now, as scorching heat and devastating floods plague the planet, cities explode in chaos and mankind is left with one last hope: a final massive...
Series
James Bond film volume 15
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
Widescreen format.
Language
English
Description
After two atomic warheads are hijacked by SPECTRE, the British reactivate their secret agents, sending James Bond on a misson to recapture the warheads and the people responsible.
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