i would not call this a gripping suspense movie since there be some place that make you laugh when maybe you should not . but if you take the performance of the two colonel and the major general aside and the movie be redeem two fold and you end up with some enjoyable entertainment and thanks to scheider and prochnow and and stanton . but and do not expect a realistic post cold war scenario . would two colonel with so many year invest in their career risk it all just to express personal dislike of each other . and would the general pussyfoot around so long with an american colonel who action could at any time escalate them into a major confrontation . i think not . but just watch the movie and you might disagree with this and since all you think about at the time be will world war iii start over a snowball fight .