A fictional confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway to the Persian Gulf. The narrative of the film details the events that lead up to the initial exchange of nuclear weapons from the perspective of an on-going news broadcast.

I just saw this movie after a mere 20 year hiatus. I wondered what I'd think of it after so many years. The answer is I liked it a lot. I won't go into any details as they have been amply covered already. I will just say that it was thought provoking and my wife and I talked about it for a couple of hours afterward.