Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Donald Seymour This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Edison Witt The first must-see film of the year.

drprod Though I have no sympathy at all for the American Right Wing and their "Red Scare" BS that ruined countless people's lives during the Cold War, that's far from the worst thing about Donald Wrye's Stultifying Mash Note to Ronald Reagan's insane saber-rattling, AMERIKA. I'm perverse enough to recognize that a good adventure yarn is inherently Fascistic, and if I like watching heroes being heroic and saving the day, I'm going to have to accept some politics I don't approve of in the cold light of Progressive Reason. That's how, despite being to the Left of just about every "consumer reviewer" here, I can admit one of my favorite movies is John Milius's RED DAWN - a much better thought-out and enjoyable "Them Russkies Done Took Over America!" film, that feels genuinely epic in scope, earns its heroics and has a strong awareness of what it's asking its audience to accept in the name of "freedom".AMERIKA is as incomprehensible as it is virulent (how would separating the USofA into separate countries "destroy America" as the conquering Soviets claim, again?), meandering as it is hateful (I vaguely remember US Rebels attacking a Soviet stronghold about twelve hours in, but that's about as action-packed as it got) - but has one redeeming feature in Sam Neill's slyly subversive performance as Col. Denisov, Soviet administrator for the American Central Administrative Area. Despite his Ensign Chekov-level Russian accent, Neill makes Denisov an oddly sympathetic character, who seems to encourage dissidence even as he publicly attempts to quell it. Had the show become a television series, I could see it developing his character more - nobody else was worth the time or trouble.In the end, the original V was more believable - and that had lizard-faced aliens in human masks eating raw gerbils!

lord woodburry I can imagine President George IV sr sitting with his advisors following the colossal defeat in the 1992 election pleading with them to tell him one major accomplishment of the first bush regime. A timorous lackey stammered: in the Bush regime the US became the world's leading super-power. And what did I do to cause that? asks Bush the elder. Nothing came the reply; the USSR went bankrupt.By the time of the first Gulf War, the US and USSR were like two drunks staggering home from a bar after a night of carousing. It was only a question of which would stumble first.Amerika tells the story of the alternative history. What if it had been the other way around? There's a picture of much of the debasement and exploitation that accompanies subjugation. Good leaders end up in jail; adventurous people strike out and make a go at it elsewhere; the conquerer has no want of quislings willing to debase themselves at a price.Amerika is the story of two families: the Bradfords and the Milfords. The Milfords for the most part oppose the occupation. Kris Kristofferson plays Devin Milford the figure around which the opposition rallies. As the story opens he is being released from jail. While his wife has sold out to the occupier, his father and his boys are active in the resistance. The backdrop of the story is well constructed. The secret path by which the resistance moves people around is called THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD; they've adopted much of the counter-culture music of the 60s as songs of rebellion.In the quisling corner is Robert Urich as Peter Bradford an amiable sort trying to persuade himself that he is following the right course in building the quisling state of HEARTLAND out of the central midwestern states.Strangely the film did accurately predict what happened to our enemy inside the Soviet union when the Communists fell. It is worth revisiting.

LeeHobbs What a great relic of the Cold-War era! An excellent piece for classroom discussions of the American mentality during this period of recent history. If only it were more easily available at a more affordable price. It seems this set is not selling at the Wal-Mart bin-price for a mini-series that has received such poor reviews from the kind visitors of IMDb. Like "Red Dawn," "1984" and other "paranoia" films of the 1980s, this one lives up to its name. Yes, it's slow, but it wasn't supposed to be a Rambo-type flick. Try to appreciate it for what it represented when it came out. A very courageous project for its time, IMHO. I think that it's time for a re-make with a "different" kind of "scary" foreign-occupier (can you guess what I'm thinking?) It could easily be titled, "Ameriqa."

Brad Miller I came across a copy of this 12 hour epic at my local library and sat down and watched some of the slowest footage in television history. The idea was good, even if it was implausible in 1987. The film would have had much more credibility if the time setting had been more at the peak of the Cold War. So, if you cast all that aside the movie is pretty good. But there are other drawbacks. The film takes place in 1997, ten years after the coup. They should have focused a little more on how the coup actually takes place. All they tell us is that the Soviets backed certain political candidates and then it was final. No blood shed. It features too many musical montages that take away from the film, particularly after the squatter camp has been attacked. Some characters are forgotten about or lose too much screen time. We only see Devin's youngest son one time after he meets him. And finally the film could have easily been shortened from 12 hours to 6 and not lost a thing. I guess after I've ripped the movie apart I still found time to enjoy it though. I give it a 7 out of 10.