Excellent but underrated film

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

I rate this movie with 6 stars while keeping in mind it has been made in 1984 and so I shouldn't expect high definition and advanced technology. For it's time it's a movie worth watching. It looked like the kind of movie you could expect at that time, more a documentary on how to react after a nuclear attack and fallout. Or a propaganda movie on how evil the Russians are. But then I would expect this movie been made by the Americans as it was normal in those days to teach the kids who the big enemy was. But it's in Sheffield, and I couldn't get the feeling of watching a fictional movie but more a kit on how to survive a nuclear blast and what will the consequences be you will face. I totally can see this movie been shown at school, as a mandatory watch. It's not mindblowing acting, it's just raw, and it makes you think about nuclear power and evil humanity. Not bad to watch once for a movie from that era.

Destroyed buildings, looting, criminals, homeless, polluted water. Pretty much as Sheffield is today but with less immigrants. This film is a great incentive to drop the bomb. I eagerly await the sequals set in bristol and Peterborough.

I watched Threads again yesterday, my 3rd time, firstly at school in the mid-80s, then again a few years ago, then most recently yesterday evening.Without doubt this is the most horrific film I have ever seen, even with multiple viewings and knowing the ending, its shock value does not decrease at all.I've watched a lot of post-apocalyptic type films (incl. The Day After) and Threads is the *only* one that truly gives me nightmares with scenes that will never ever go away from me.Kudos to the writer, director, production staff, actors and the BBC for making this film. As others have mentioned, this film should be required viewing for everyone, and especially those who have their finger on the button.Yes it seems a little dated now (33+ years on) in terms of production values, special effects etc, but actually it's all the better for this.In my mind Threads is one for the best films ever made and should certainly be near the top (or at the top) of everyone's must-see list. Just have a box of tissues and some emotional support nearby when you do watch it.

I don't know where to begin with this movie. It's really good, but it's also really frightening. I assume their goal wasn't to scare, but to actually depict a realistic nuclear scenario, and by golly they've done it. I watched the entire movie and the events depicted in it burnt into my memory like no other movie has.Where to begin? Well Ruth and Jimmy are apparently going to get married due to an unexpected pregnancy, but there are rising conflicts between America and Russia, and they are really beginning to get into a nuclear skirmish. Where the UK, where this movie is set in, fits in I have no idea. But much of the public is aware of this, and they start having peace protests and vendors start selling food for more money. The explosion itself occurs about halfway into the movie, and after that is a bunch of people trying to survive after it. As much of us know, being in a nuclear explosion zone certainly isn't a walk in the park. You have to deal with fire, radiation, all that stuff. But it appears society there is beginning to gradually recover over the next few years, with some subsistence farming and a few new children being born. But times may not be too well. Kids only learn English through an old, deteriorated television program, and when Ruth's daughter has a child, well... Maybe civilization may not fully recover. All in all, I highly recommend this movie for anyone interested in nuclear weapons, or citizens of Sheffield. It's very realistic and very frightening, and it's so good I give it a 9.