Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Mabel Munoz Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

framptonhollis Docudrama, science fiction, and educational broadcasting collide in Peter Watkins' cry against the horrors of nuclear war. The unsteady camera films the disturbing action, the haunting stares of burned survivors of the massive weapons some countries seem to throw at one another in a disgustingly nonchalant manner creep up onto your television. Children bloodied and burned, moans of pain surrounding the empty atmosphere. This is essentially a post apocalyptic world, and it is very much possible."The War Game" will remain relevant as long as war itself remains relevant; it is an important reminder of the great harm that violence upon another civilization will almost always leave to damaging civilian causalities. This is a sad, shocking fact of life that people often gloss over, but they will be reminded of its significance after viewing this masterpiece. The booming, monotone narration contrasts powerfully with the unspeakably horrific imagery that flickers before us. There is no need to go into detail, for this a film that must be seen by everyone. It is among the most realistic, brutal, and brilliant portrayals of a world at war that you will ever see.

Bill Peter I saw this film, as a teenager, at my Grammar School Film Club. It is about the build up to, and the effects of, a nuclear war. The only details that I can remember, and which scared me are; 1. In the event of a nuclear attack on Briain there were (are only four aircraft on full-time standby by to protect the whole country.2. In the film it is the West (the good guys) who make the first nuclear strike.I honestly don't know whether I'd want to watch it again - now over four decades later. Why does IMDb insst on a minimum of ten lines? I could ramble on, and probably will, but it will add nothing to what I've already written. Such people are bad enough in the Civil Service. Why should we have to put up with them here?

russianberserker Peter Watkins' The War Game is the most frightening film I have ever seen. Never has there been a documentary so powerfully unnerving that is based solely around a "what if?" scenario, this one being the pure destruction and chaos that would ensue if The Soviet Union felt compelled to drop nukes around England. The film itself is little more than interviews with the panic stricken public of England as they are forced to evacuate their homes, deal with the loss of order, the government's complete lack of real preparation for such an event, growing military rule on the streets, and all of the other jolly gifts that result from a nuclear attack.The grainy black and white hand-held 16mm bedlam we witness is made all the more real by the excessive use of non-actors who add legitimacy to every frame. Everything we see seems more real than a "real" documentary. The flashes of the bombs blinding ignorant onlookers, families dodging shattering wood and ceiling debris caused by a bombs shockwave. These moments seem as if they just happened to be caught by nearby cameras, but one must keep reminding himself that this is all fiction, just the most realistic fiction ever seen.The message of "nuclear war would destroy the planet" or other variations on that mantra have been force fed to audiences for years and years, almost to the point where it becomes an obvious and, maybe not laughable, but almost juvenile message at this point because we can keep saying to ourselves, "yes, I know! I get it already!" But seeing the war game changes that entire jaded worldview, because you realize just how goddamned horrific and scary a scenario like that would be. A critic once called The War Game "The most important film ever made." I may have to agree.

adimo73 I downloaded all 48 minutes of this film from the internet, having been aware of it for years but never having seen it. It hasn't dated, despite being made in grainy black and white over 40 years ago. In some respects, it's even more shocking than Threads (another excellent film on the same subject). The effects were surprisingly good (people being sucked into buildings by the fire storm for example). What was especially poignant for me were the effects of the war on children, being a father.It's a shame that this isn't better known, when many mediocre big budget films are lauded in the 'top 100 film' lists we see so often on UK TV.