This Is Not a Test

This Is Not a Test

A holocaust of horror!

Directed by Fredric Gadette

Produced by GPA Productions

196273 min5.8 / 10

A claustrophobic, paranoia-soaked thriller about strangers trapped together facing imminent nuclear annihilation, where psychological tension escalates as fast as the external threat.

Late one night on a rural road in the western US, a policeman sets up a roadblock and begins stopping all traffic. When several cars and a big truck have stopped, he tells everyone why: a nuclear attack on the US appears to be underway, and since they have the truck there, their best chance at survival is to use it as a bomb shelter. Time is short and tensions in the small group quickly rise.

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  • Is This Is Not a Test easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Does This Is Not a Test end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is This Is Not a Test sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is This Is Not a Test scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is This Is Not a Test violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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