The Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project (1986)

1986-06-13 · 118 min · Rating 6.20/10 (115 votes)

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.

A gifted high school student steals plutonium from the secret nuclear weapons facility in his home town in order to construct his own nuclear bomb, win a national science fair, and expose the government's secrets.

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bomb fugitive heist helicopter high school kids homemade explosive ithaca laser nuclear bomb plutonium school project science fair scientist secret government project

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