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[[File:manhattanproject_2752.jpg|frame|Apocalypse 1986? A boy and his homemade atomic bomb. Built for the science fair. Seriously.]]

 

A 1986 thriller with liberal dashes of [[Black Comedy]] and [[Gallows Humor]] plus just a touch of [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness|hard science fiction]]. Belongs to the same genre as ''[[WarGames]]'', as both films feature bright high school kids who almost single-handedly cause an international nuclear crisis. Although less high-spirited and possibly more [[Anvilicious]] than ''[[WarGames]]'', ''[[The Manhattan Project]]'' is still good fun.

 

Features John Lithgow playing a good guy during his "serious" period, and a young [[Sex and the City|Cynthia Nixon]] as the hero's girlfriend Jenny.

 

* [[Blatant Lies]]: Dr. Mathewson's claim that the "green stuff" is actually just Americium-241. Paul figures out pretty quickly that it's actually plutonium, and that "Medatomics" is not really doing research in nuclear medicine.

* [[Brainless Beauty]] / [[Decoy Damsel]]: the act Jenny puts on as she distracts the security guards with a self-inflicted flat tire while he pulls off his plutonium theft caper. Throughout the rest of the movie, however, she's actually quite sharp.

 

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