For a different kind of thrill, check out this dark action flick based on reception of privileged information regarding an imminent nuclear beatdown and the predictably chaotic reaction. The story starts with a nobody (E.R.'s Anthony Edwards) who happened to answer that phone at that time and then accelerates through his sweat-soaked, fevered attempts to win over the populace and drive home the message that they're all about to be erased off the face of the earth. Add to that the love of his life (whom he just, I mean just, met) with whom if he is to die in an hour and a half he would love to spend those concluding moments. Mix in a seasoning of truly hard moments (Edwards' seeing his parents for the last time as they drive off together to their favorite restaurant to go out in style) and the very last frames, this uncompromising film examines human nature and true love.