Yeah, underwhelmed. It's fundamentally a retread of so many Cold War / nuclear war tropes: the single inexplicable launch, the general demanding massive retaliation, the unprepared and confused leadership. We've seen this a dozen times. It's kinda neat to see it updated for modern day (like the "Zoom" call) but the world design (like the Situation Room) aren't believable. The only notable plot twist for me was Lane Pryce killing himself again, that legitimately surprised me and fit into the story well.
I think we can easily conclude from the evacuation continuing at the end of the missile does indeed hit. We were mere minutes away from impact when we last saw the FEMA gal and this would surely be 10s of minutes later. It always struck me as remarkably obvious what a President should do in a scenario like the movie. Like obviously you ride out the single missile no matter how devastating and choose your retaliation options once you have more facts. Survivability and second-strike capabilities have been part of our nuclear doctrine forever. The tension of films like this rely on an unbelievable level of irrationality.
I think we can easily conclude from the evacuation continuing at the end of the missile does indeed hit. We were mere minutes away from impact when we last saw the FEMA gal and this would surely be 10s of minutes later. It always struck me as remarkably obvious what a President should do in a scenario like the movie. Like obviously you ride out the single missile no matter how devastating and choose your retaliation options once you have more facts. Survivability and second-strike capabilities have been part of our nuclear doctrine forever. The tension of films like this rely on an unbelievable level of irrationality.
