Film Review: ‘The Courier’: The Story of the Two Men Who Stopped the Cuban Missile Crisis

Mark Jackson
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The Courier | || 1h 52min

In today’s revolutionary climate, now’s a good time to have a look at “The Courier” and remember (or learn about for the first time) the 1960’s Cuban missile crisis. Where the insane, Hitler-like USSR Chairman Nikita Khrushchev—he, who used to bang his shoe on podiums during political speeches—escalated the Cold War by putting nuclear warheads on Cuba and pointing them at the United States.

Mark Jackson
Mark Jackson
Film Critic
Mark Jackson is the chief film critic for The Epoch Times. In addition to film, he enjoys martial arts, motorcycles, rock-climbing, qigong, and human rights activism. Jackson earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Williams College, followed by 20 years' experience as a New York professional actor. He narrated The Epoch Times audiobook "How the Specter of Communism is Ruling Our World," available on iTunes, Audible, and YouTube. Mark is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic.
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