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2.00*
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Alive and kicking
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A disaster movie, 70s style. It's not like the action-driven ones from the 90s, instead, we get a simple but life-threatening disaster that spawns a deceit-based thriller. I'm not the biggest fan of 70s cinema, it's a bit too slow and narrative-focused for me, but The China Syndrome handles it quite well. So we have the little folk battling the power-hungry corporations. The threat is real, but not very cinematic (and the potential for some visual thrills is completely wasted). The build-up of the tension is decent though and the performances are okay. It's not a terrible film, but it's all very basic and dire by modern standards. Read all