Legal and illegal criminality. An American tourist with a boat is robbed by a gang of teenager boys, assisted by the leader's sister. But soon afterward she jumps to the victim's boat to escape her brother's incestuous jealousy. The couple fly together and is hunted by the entire gang. Both happen to enter high-classified military territory. There might be a third and atomic world war, after which no ordinary man could survive. But now and then children are born who are naturally radio-active and have cold blood. They might survive in the post-war world and carry on mankind. They are fetched and brought to an underground construction where they are educated by TV. They are told that they are on a space ship moving toward the earth, which they should eventually colonize. This military project seems to be a failure because of a high mortality among the children. - The military soon finds the gang...
《发条橙》的亚历克斯团伙脱胎于此片开头吧，前40分钟是不错的犯罪片，后40分钟是拙劣的伪科幻片。奥利弗.里德的表演还是有些病态有些过，但这种角色真的适合他。
Oliver Reed气场太强，怎么看都不像工人阶级scally... 故事一般
冰冷的辐射之子。。
6.8 黑帮笼罩下的爱情与核子云层下的恐惧，两条线之间基本没什么联系导致剧情割裂严重，叙事也没重点。11/05/16大银幕重温，35mm，爱情与核辐射变异儿童两条线的割裂依然十分明显，美国元素在这个核恐惧科幻故事中扮演的角色值得玩味，最后孩子的呼救声放在当时的语境中还是颇具感染力的。
