Miracle Mile (1988)
After 30 years of searching, Harry has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news: WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los Angeles in less than an hour!
- Steve De Jarnatt
- Leo Zisman
- David C. Anderson
- Steve De Jarnatt
Rating: 6.9/10 by 253 users
Alternative Title:
Appel d'urgence - FR
Die Nacht der Entscheidung - DE
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 28 minutes
Budget: $3,700,000
Revenue: $1,145,404
Plot Keyword: helicopter, nuclear war, panic, chaos, gun, gas station, dark comedy, diner, riot, end of the world, payphone, los angeles, california, explosion, one night, elevator
Some movie, this! I had never heard of 'Miracle Mile' until a mere few hours ago, when I simply chose to watch it on Prime Video due to its cool poster. With only (a relatively) small amount of watchers on a few sites, I'm surprised this hasn't reached further. As per with me, I hit play without knowing anything about this movie; I actually knew it was classed under 'apocalyptic' from when I minorly vetted it (checked for sequels etc.), but had forgotten. The early few scenes have an odd vibe to them, though I only mean that positively - it fits perfectly, particularly the subtle omnipresent score. Anthony Edwards is the only actor I previously knew, well apart from Kurt Fuller (in only his second movie); I also thought I recognised the guy at the diner next to Harlan, but apparently I haven't seen Alan Rosenberg in anything - must be a doppelganger. Anyway, waffle aside, Edwards is very good - nice to see him away from 'Top Gun'. The aforementioned, coupled with an interesting story and a nice and short run time of just under 90 minutes, are reasons why I'd say you should watch this - it definitely deserves more eyes on it.
