Top review. Homage to the post-apocalyptic. It's April , and a sudden viral outbreak has hit Scotland hard. To contain the deadly bug dubbed the Reaper Virus , the British government works quickly to build a containment wall around the afflicted country.
The possibility of the disease spreading to the rest of the world appears to have been effectively stopped in it's tracks. Fast forward 30 years and the virus has reappeared, this time in London. Satellite monitoring has picked up images of apparent survivors in the hot zone, which leads the government to suspect the potential for a cure. Desperate to put an end to the reborn plague, the Brits send a team of soldiers into the walled off country in the hopes that they can find the cure that may not even exist.
The third feature film from British filmmaker Neil Marshall. I thought this was a fun time at the movies, but don't expect anything new here. There are homages all over this thing, and I would like to think that I caught most of them.
Hell, even Nightmare City seemingly gets a nod with the look and behavior of the infected. Watch the scene where one of the infected axes his way into Hatcher's compound and see if Lenzi's trash classic doesn't come to mind. Marshall knew what he wanted to do with this film, and he does just that. Rhona Mitra plays the team leader of the squad sent into the hot zone.
She's a gorgeous woman with a killer accent, but she also comes through as a believable action star. I've long been a fan of her's, so it's nice seeing her get a role like this. Craig Conway is warped as the over-the-top Sol, but he lacks menace. He did get me to hate him, but that had more to do with the fact that I found him annoying. The considerable talents of Malcolm McDowell, Bob Hoskins and Alexander Siddig provide solid support despite what little they have to work with.
My biggest gripe with the film is the wall to wall use of music. It seems like there's never a scene that doesn't have some form of music blaring, and that becomes tiresome. A little more subtlety in that area would have been most appreciated. Leo Szilard and Albert Einstein were the two physicists who wrote to President Franklin Roosevelt in , warning him of the potential of an atomic bomb—and their suspicions that Germany might be able to build one. Six years later, in June , Szilard, along with Nobel laureate James Franck and other fellow Manhattan Project scientists, signed a cautionary document known as the Franck Report, which they sent to the U.
They argued that the United States should announce a public demonstration of the weapon in an uninhabited area, and then use the threat to press Japan to surrender. When that document failed to progress, they circulated a second petition against the use of the weapon, signed by nearly 70 fellow Manhattan Project employees.
Neither attempt succeeded. In August , the U. Szilard and many other Manhattan Project scientists immediately met to discuss how to inform the public about science and its implications for humanity. By September, they had formed the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists of Chicago —later shortened to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists as its membership grew.
Simpson, a young UChicago scientist who had worked on the Manhattan Project and served as the first chairman of the Bulletin.
For 75 years, the Bulletin has continued as an independent, nonprofit organization, publishing a free-access website and a bimonthly magazine.
Doomsday Clock Animation from www. The first few Bulletins were mimeographed collections of articles. But as the publication expanded, its editors decided to try to appeal to a wider audience with a designed cover.
Bulletin member Martyl Langsdorf, an artist who mostly painted abstract landscapes, agreed to produce an illustration. The Doomsday Clock is located at the Bulletin offices at E. Editions Quartz. More from Quartz About Quartz. Follow Quartz. These are some of our most ambitious editorial projects. By David Yanofsky Editor of code, visuals, and data.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists BAS said on Thursday that the change was made due to nuclear proliferation, failure to tackle climate change and "cyber-based disinformation". The clock now stands at its closest to doomsday since it began ticking. The idea began in to warn humanity of the dangers of nuclear war.
Last year the clock was set at two minutes to midnight - midnight symbolises the end of the world - the same place it was wound to in BAS President Rachel Bronson told reporters in Washington DC on Thursday that the time was now being kept in seconds rather than minutes because the "moment demands attention" and that the threats level is worsening".
She said the world was now menaced by powerful leaders who "denigrate and discard the most effective methods for addressing complex threats". For the first time this year, the board was joined by members of The Elders - a group of international leaders and former officials first founded by Nelson Mandela in We need all hands on deck and we can all work together.
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