Review – The Day After

Normally I don’t review made-for-TV movies, but I’ll make an exception for anything that shows Kansas City being destroyed by a nuclear attack (furthermore, it was on HBO, so at least there weren’t any commercial interruptions). In our post-détente world, the preachy anti-nuke sentiment we get here seems almost quaint, though it does on occasion get a little too thick for comfort. This remains a somewhat interesting drama about human reaction to the destruction of society, even if the given means of destruction seems less plausible now than it did when this film was first televised back in the mid-80s. Mildly amusing