james bridges the china syndrome is a first rate thriller while a model for those who want to make a genuinely terrifying thriller but do not know how. most thrillers end with the standard shoot em up and chase that ends with the villain getting what he or she deserves. but bridges understands that such a standard finale isn not the case in some scenarios. the china syndrome is thrilling in a way no one would expect. it has the type of ending that so unexpected and but yet so logical. the film stars three (then) current oscar winners represent jack lemmon (best actor 1973 for save the tiger) and jane fonda (best actress 1971 and 1978 for klute and coming home respectively) and michael douglas (best picture 1975 for producing one flew over the cuckoo nest. this isn not your standard spot the star flick that became so popular in the 70s. the acting is so solid and strong that we forget who playing the roles and believe that the characters are real people. that a testament to the collective ablities of all three actors. they may be stars and but theyre actors first. there is no music score in the film. asides from a few background songs from jukeboxes or tv shows and there is nothing. bridges doesn not allow any directorial style to come through on screen. he is simply presenting the material straightforward. with a strong dramatic story like this and we do not need a score to distract us. it kind of strikes me as a predecessor to the dogma 95 filmseries started by lars von trier in 1997. it focuses on the characters and story rather than style. the story is about a nuclear power plant located in southern california. spoiler an accident appears to have happened and basically the film is about lemmon and fonda and douglas try to expose the truth. in a way this is not a spoiler and since the trailer and tv spots and video boxes and reviews all give this away. but from this seemingly simple premise and a surprisingly complex morality play springs and the suspense comes from human nature and the actions of people rather than a villain framing another guy (although this is an element in the film). that what makes the china syndrome so good. out of 4 stars. 
james bridges the china syndrome is a first rate thriller while a model for those who want to make a genuinely terrifying thriller but do not know how. most thrillers end with the standard shoot em up and chase that ends with the villain getting what he or she deserves. but bridges understands that such a standard finale isn not the case in some scenarios. the china syndrome is thrilling in a way no one would expect. it has the type of ending that so unexpected and but yet so logical. the film stars three (then) current oscar winners represent jack lemmon (best actor 1973 for save the tiger) and jane fonda (best actress 1971 and 1978 for klute and coming home respectively) and michael douglas (best picture 1975 for producing one flew over the cuckoo nest. this isn not your standard spot the star flick that became so popular in the 70s. the acting is so solid and strong that we forget who playing the roles and believe that the characters are real people. that a testament to the collective ablities of all three actors. they may be stars and but theyre actors first. there is no music score in the film. asides from a few background songs from jukeboxes or tv shows and there is nothing. bridges doesn not allow any directorial style to come through on screen. he is simply presenting the material straightforward. with a strong dramatic story like this and we do not need a score to distract us. it kind of strikes me as a predecessor to the dogma 95 filmseries started by lars von trier in 1997. it focuses on the characters and story rather than style. the story is about a nuclear power plant located in southern california. spoiler an accident appears to have happened and basically the film is about lemmon and fonda and douglas try to expose the truth. in a way this is not a spoiler and since the trailer and tv spots and video boxes and reviews all give this away. but from this seemingly simple premise and a surprisingly complex morality play springs and the suspense comes from human nature and the actions of people rather than a villain framing another guy (although this is an element in the film). that what makes the china syndrome so good. out of 4 stars. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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