The Manhattan Project (1986)

DVD  •  Watched 1 time on 2018-12-19 (5 years, 11 months ago)
PG-13 Science Fiction, Thriller  •  1h 58m  •  50% (Rotten Tomatoes)  •  6.1/10 (IMDb)  •  7/10 (Nick)
Paul Stevens' high school science project has gotten a little out of hand. He just built an atomic bomb. Now he's got 11 hours to make sure it doesn't work.

Overview

A high school prodigy builds an atomic bomb with stolen plutonium to win the 45th National Science Fair and expose a nuclear weapons lab posing as a nuclear medical research facility in Ithaca, NY.