Movie

Special Bulletin

1983 · 103 min

A tense, immersive simulated news broadcast that unfolds in real time, building dread as a live crisis spirals toward catastrophe.

Overview: An evening of TV programming is interrupted by breaking news: in Charleston, South Carolina, two Coast Guard personnel and two members of a local news team have been taken hostage by a group of terrorists who are seeking to destroy the triggers of all local nuclear devices. Moreover, the terrorists threaten to detonate their own device if their demands are not met.
How it feels: Tense, dark, bleak and earnest. Relentless and demanding.
About: Survival, power, media, violence
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
power
media
violence
fate
Places: big city
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: found footage
single location
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none