Director: Richard Brooks

Writer: Richard Brooks

From novel: The Better Angels by Charles McCarry

Keywords: Comedy, Thriller, Loose Nukes

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Rosalind Cash	Actor	31-Dec-1938	31-Oct-1995	The Omega Man
Sean Connery	Actor	25-Aug-1930		James Bond
Robert Conrad	Actor	1-Mar-1929		Wild Wild West
Art Evans	Actor	27-Mar-1942		A Soldier's Story
George Grizzard	Actor	1-Apr-1928	2-Oct-2007	Advise and Consent
Hardy Krüger	Actor	12-Apr-1928		The Flight of the Phoenix
Jennifer Jason Leigh	Actor	5-Feb-1962		Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Ron Moody	Actor	8-Jan-1924	11-Jun-2015	Fagin in Oliver Twist
Leslie Nielsen	Actor	11-Feb-1926	28-Nov-2010	Airplane!
Katharine Ross	Actor	29-Jan-1940		Elaine Robinson in The Graduate
John Saxon	Actor	5-Aug-1936		Enter the Dragon
Henry Silva	Actor	15-Sep-1928		The Manchurian Candidate
G. D. Spradlin	Actor	31-Aug-1920	24-Jul-2011	Canadian Bacon
Dean Stockwell	Actor	5-Mar-1936		Blue Velvet
Robert Webber	Actor	14-Oct-1924	19-May-1989	12 Angry Men

REVIEWS

Review by Nichro (posted on 6-Mar-2005)

Hey, this movie is very topical, about suicide bombers and all that, nuclear weapons and WMDs in the Middle East. It is as if 9/11 happened, but it came out in the early 1980s. It takes a very accurate look at the same scenario that has evolved recently. It is a chronic politcal satire, I reckon. I am not much with definitions of these things, but it really is funny. I was left thinking 'hey, that movie sucked', but I still laughed about it. Set during the oil crisis of the 70's it involves some cute concepts, but generally, it should be watched in parrallel with what is happening now in Iraq, Syria and the whole middle east. One of the precepts was that God is Oil. Revolutionaries want to bomb things until they have the oil. Then they want to make peace and spend the money they get from the oil. It shows the effects of instant power. I must say that this movie also highlights the surprise at the beginning of the 80s of the rise of the big brother culture. The ability of the state to read the coin in your hand from space. Also, it lives on with the concept that 'Nothing really happens unless it happens on TV'. This means the movie is filmed like its filming tv, and you get silly out takes like 'wait 30 seconds we have a commercial break' etc. Connery is pretty good in it, and his attempts to discredit a president and then help him out, merely for ratings give the politics a kind of farscical feel, as the players of Americas election are used to manipulate the ratings of a news broadcasting corporation. There is no real action in this movie, no sex, nothing the kids would like. However, if you loved Dr. Strangelove, you will enjoy this film. Sounds complicated, but with a name like Wrong Is Right, what do you expect?

Have you seen this film? We would love to see your review. Submit your review for this film

Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile

Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications