The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Basically an extended interview with 3 or 4 people who were formerly against nuclear power and are now in favor of it. Their reasons seem to be mainly a matter of convenience. The one thing I was looking for, advancements in technology that address the serious problems with nuclear power, wasn't mentioned. And apparently this had no impact or these peoples change of heart. A lot of smoke and mirrors was on tap. The anti-nuclear side was represented by the biggest crackpot they could find (she claims millions died at Chernobyl). A discussion of the impracticality of cutting demand is set against a backdrop of cities with lighted signs. It is clearly stated that impoverished people around the world would have their lives miraculously improved if they had nuclear power. One of these people states flat out that being against nuclear power is being for fossil fuel. Unsubtantiated claims about the environmental impact of various energy sources are made. An unidentified device is used to show the numbers on it's display are different in different places. Through in some Democrat bashing and some nifty charts and graphs and you have "Pandoras Promise". I wonder if the makers of this film are familiar with the story of Pandoras Box?

Watching this made me laugh many times at how uninformed and juvenile these environmentalists are. They simply railed against nuclear energy without knowing any of the science. The most striking insight was when it came to global warming. They dismiss those who don't believe in anthropogenic global warming EXACTLY in the same way they now dismiss the anti nuclear energy crowd. They are as poorly informed and educated about global warming as were about nuclear energy.Having said all this the documentary gives you insight into how the environmentalists gin up faux angst and anger based upon emotion and fraud rather than science.

This really was quite a disappointing film. It states it's going to look at the issue but then hardly manages to hide it's agenda at all. Anti nukes are portrayed as nutters as they select the mad woman who can't back up their stories and pro nukes are all chin stroking intellectuals who used to be anti but have come to realise the error of their ways. All problems with nuke power was played down, and the safety can't melt down new reactors were hyped big time, accidents can't happen they explained, but see, they kind of did, just a couple of years ago, and they still haven't figured out how to deal with it, or if that can, and that is the key problem with Nuclear power. They start a fire that no one has figure out how to put out yet. I'm actually pro nuclear power, it makes sense, we've got massive amounts of it and the universe is filled with this stuff going down, BUT we can not and should not use it routinely until we figure out how to control it, and we have not done that yet. The fukushima meltdowns are unsolvable,and that will always be a risk for these accident proof facilities. Get back to us when you've got that one solved. Thanks for the propaganda though. nice to see it so we can practice identifying it in daily life.

Stone's earliest documentary used declassified footage acquired through the Freedom of Information Act to tell the story of the Bikini islanders and American servicemen affected by nuclear weapons testing. Pandora's Promise shows he remains a dedicated researcher twenty five years later. With captivating images of energy production from all over the world, Stone explores the contradictions of science and ideology related to climate change, urbanization, and nuclear power. The personal narratives of the people featured in the film provide an unapologetic point of view on disruption in the historic environmental narrative. Beautifully shot, enjoyable to watch, the film's highlighting of counter intuitive information will present inconvenient truths that inspire conversation after the credits roll.