Film Review – Command and Control

Fear of nuclear annihilation isn’t quite the hot button issue it once was, seizing a sizable portion of the last century with nightmarish imagery and political threats as hostile nations back up their severity with the ability to kill everyone on the planet, practically at once. “Command and Control” recognizes the gradual relaxation around apocalyptic visions, with more critical surges in national security issues taking top importance as the world now plays a different style of fear-based gamesmanship. Director Robert Kenner (“Merchants of Doubt,” “Food, Inc.”) seeks to restore utter horror when considering the reach of nuclear proliferation, isolating such tensions with a tale of homeland horror, examining the 1980 Damascus Titan Missile Explosion. “Command and Control” may not be overwhelming work, but as a critical reminder of the fallibility of men around doomsday devices, it’s terrifying. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com