Threads 4K 1984

What is the movie "Threads" to a teenager who doesn’t remember the “wonderful” ’90s, let alone what came before? Wars and conflicts in which we [I] did not directly participate fade into the background; they seem distant and unreal. Take a look—here [in the movie] is reality.

The movie is divided into two parts: what happened “Before” and “After” the nuclear exchange.

And “Before,” there was prosperity and happiness. An ordinary, unremarkable plot: he loves her, she loves him, she accidentally gets pregnant. A crazy problem looms over both families! The young couple needs to get married quickly to avoid an awkward situation.

Do you think this is a problem? No, “it’s happiness,” as the pregnant heroine of the film says. But the real problems are about to begin now, when a nuclear warhead will literally come crashing down on their heads. When thousands of people living happily in this city will die in a single second. When our heroine will lose her fiancé forever because of some nuclear explosion.

Do you think there’ll be a happy ending? Or will the plot develop further?

No, no, no.

There won’t be a happy ending, there won’t be a plot—after the exchange of nuclear strikes, nothing human will remain. Just like in real life. You, too, are sitting there, clueless.

And you won’t be able to take your eyes off the screen, because this is the second part of what came “After.” This is reality. You’ll see how all the threads will snap, how all connections will be destroyed, how humanity will be thrown so far back in time that you’ll be amazed at how quickly it ceased to be human.

You’ll see just how terrifying and devastating a human act like a nuclear attack can be. However, the movie isn’t about the attack itself, but about its consequences.