THE FOLLOWING POST IS A CONTINUING REVIEW IS A OF A FILM REVIEW RATED 15 FOR VOILENCE AND WORDS OF A BYGONE ERA!
THERE WILL BE A TRIGGER WARNING FOR A SCENE CONTAINING SUICIDE!
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Please Read The Previous parts, as writing Synopsis will get harder and harder.
We Start part 3 with Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) visiting Chicago, Their testing under a Football field, since the Draft has Effected professional sports. There they meet Doctors Fermi and Szilard have cracked a Self Contained Continuous Nuclear Fission, completely debunking Edward Teller. Returning to Wyoming, A woman named Lilli Horning asks for a job, but when asked if she can type, she reveals she is a Chemistry Graduate from Harvard. Remembering how Groves (Matt Damon) was unreasonable about female staff, he hires Lilli to stick it to The Colonel.
Speaking of, Colonel Groves is livid that Oppenheimer and Tomlin left for Chicago without his permission. This caused Tomlin to quit when Robert throws him under the bus. When Groves Jokes about having Tomlin killed to keep him quiet, Robert calls out Groves on hiring him not despite of his left wing beliefs, but hired because of it; Perfect Ammo for Blackmail. Groves claims to be a humble Soldier. Robert shoots that down as Groves is neither, he has a Engineering Degree. So Groves Allows Robert to have security clearance to travel between Los Alamos and Chicago. Back at Robert's Pretrial briefing, Colonel Groves is being treated as Robert's Witness. Into another Flashback at Los Alamos, Tomlin's replacement is here or should I say replacements as Berkeley has sent Dr Lawrence and Lomanitz as their Liaison, much to Robert's Delight, as Lawrence breaks Groves rules of Compartmentalization further. Back to the Dining Table table in the Black and white Future, Admiral Lewis Strauss (Robert Downey Jr) continues to Accuse Robert of Harbouring Communist Spies. He claims his brother Frank had left the Party at this point by then, and that Dr Lomanitz was only a Liaison. But then the now Colonel Nichols mentions Jean Tatlock (Florence Pugh) and the "Chevalier Incident", Which causes Robert to leave the Room Upset.
In another Flashback, Oppenheimer gets a Panicked Phonecall from Rossi Lomanitz, The liaison is being Drafted, Punished for Maintaining ties With Unions and The Communist Party. Despite being told that Rossi is, the Valet is too jingoistic to allow that to happen, he also has Oppenheimer's Q pass to be used to leave for Chicago, but of course, it can be easily removed if "Outside Influences" are told about Manhattan!
The Committee turn to asking About this Jean Tatlock. In 1943, Robert had a Second Affair with her, while talking after a night of passion (and both still naked!) Jean wanted Robert back. This is is the First time Kitty (Emily Blunt) has heard more about the Affair in detail and it makes Kitty Hallucinates Robert and Jean making Love in the room right now, with the Delusion of Jean Tatlock, Staring right at Kitty while in the Throes of pleasure.
The Hearing is Adjourned for today and Naturally, Kitty is upset, not because of the affair, Since she knew about it, but because of Robert's Nonchalant stance and Matter-of-fact retelling. "Every day they come to pick away at our lives, why won't you fight back?"
Another Flashback shows Robert at the local recruitment centre trying to find and reinstate Lomanitz, but knowing it won't be easy he tells the recruiter about Ellenton, the Shell Exec that Haakan Chevalier was Spying for. Robert thinking that if he can't pull an Equivalent Exchange, at least it will be revenge on Ellenton turning his best friend into a traitor!
Instead we met a Colonel Pash, head of Security. Pash, according to Groves later in a train journey was the one who authorized the spies trailing Jean and Oppenheimer. Pash is so Paranoid about the Russians to the Point, to the point that Groves tells us The Psychotic Self loathing Russian-American bragged about a plan to row a boat with Lomanitz in it onto a lake and torture him for names, then kill all the witnesses later. Learning about such an unhinged man, makes Robert go Physically pale, as he had told him a Version of the truth that painted Chevalier as being coerced by Ellenton.
It's Now Christmas and Oppenheimer Wants Tomlin back in the Fold, But even his wife is keeping quiet, but at the Christmas party, there is good news, Groves and Tomlin had Staged the Argument, to get the Team a "Christmas present"... Niels Bohr has being rescued by the British and flown here tonight!
Dr Bohr Briefs, Robert, Bethe and Teller on the ins and outs of Heisenberg's Bomb saying the Moderator is not Graphite but Heavy water. This means the American Team had being first in this race all the time. However Niels is not here to help create the Bomb, he saw too much of the War and will be a Consultant instead, mainly because this new power will outlive the N*zis. He calls Robert the "American Prometheus" he has given man the power to destroy themselves. While this is going on, Robert is Interrupted by a Secretary with a phonecall from San Francisco.
TRIGGER WARNING FOR SCENE OF SUICIDE
Dramatically, we cut to Kitty on a Horse trying to find Robert in a Snow Covered Forest at night.
Finding him slumped against a tree, he tells his wife that Jean had Committed suicide by drowning herself fully clothed bent over, her kneeling on cushions and her head dipped in a bath, though they also found Barbiturates in her blood. Robert blames himself for the death, maybe the affair was a cry for help, but Kitty shakes Him out of this despair. She's still mad about the Cheating, But there are people who depend on Robert, even if she can't fully trust him anymore.
This Breakdown leads to Discord in the Manhattan Project, Concluding with Edward Teller leaving Los Alamos. The H-bomb Theory is just that, a Theory, which causes the Judicial committee to ask Robert that If he had the power to Designate Scientists, why didn't he have someone else work on the "Super"?
This Brings them to AEC's first Meeting, worried that the Russians are making H-bombs Already, Oppenheimer proposes that the newly christened United Nations should enforce Concessions on The making of H-Bombs...onto themselves! Hoping this act of Good Faith would deter Russian From replication, despite Oppenheimer mocking Strauss for thinking the Russians know about them Already. Robert meets Agent Borden of the FBI, the Catalyst of this whole affair, Suggesting the H Bomb should be deployed by rocket. When Robert blows off the Then Supposed Pilot, for not listening to a single thing that was Said, Borden would investigate Oppenheimer and Accuse him of Sabotage the development of the H bomb in favour of the "Inferior" Atomic Bomb.
1945-Adolf H*tler has being Found dead in his Bunker, Lover and top Brass also dead. While at a town hall meeting, All the Scientists Agree to Disband. Robert only learned about the Meeting made without the Director, Himself, Approval, only learning if it whilst seeing a flyer on a post on horseback. Entering the town hall like a outlaw Cowboy in a western. He says the Germans are defeated but the Japanese are still fighting on. They propose not to use Gadget on the Japanese as far as anyone knows, Japan does not have a atomic bomb program. But Robert is so single minded , "They won't fear it, until they understand it." Robert will show them the Nightmares under Los Alamos, and after the Bomb is used, we will have the Everlasting peace that Roosevelt envisioned, a World of cooperation. This gets an Applause from the Scientists.
Some time later and the Goldfish bowls full of Marbles to Signify the amount of Plutonium and Uranium needed for working bombs have been filled, kitty is pregnant again and so the Bomb is now moved from Research to Development stage-The "Trinity" Testings. Groves and Robert argue about the start date and Robert will only agree to July- if Frank is allowed on Los Alamos, As a known Communist, even though he left the Party, he is still a security risk if it's a lie. But they need a liaison since Lomanitz remains Drafted.
After a test Run, the President and Secretary of Ear want to meet Robert and Groves in person in Washington DC. As Groves Hails a Taxi, Robert is blindsided by Dr Szilard and a man with a clipboard.
They want Robert Oppenheimer, "The Great Salesman of Science'" to tell the Government to back down from the Atomic Program, Now that Victory in Europe has been achieved. The Assistant shoves the Petition in his face, Robert swats out if his hands and it clatters loudly onto the Hotel lobby's floor.
At the Meeting with Secretary Stimson, Robert advocates on what the Physical and Psychological damage to the Atomic explosion will have on it's victims. The Chief of Staff says there is no target in Japan big enough, not even Tokyo. So instead 2 major cities will be chosen at Random. But not Kyoto, Due to its Cultural importance and Because he Honeymooned there!
A man opposed asks if they can film a Demonstration to Japan. Groves says very Bluntly the two Attacks WILL! be the Demonstration. Once this war is over, it's only a matter of time until it becomes a race against the Soviets -while the Public Knowledge is that Russia had no Uranium Supply, that's False Information. Secretary Stimson gives Groves a Deadline. He has until The Postdam Peace Talks next month. If Negotiations Fail, the Bomb will be Plan B.
With Frank's Engineering Help he sets up a test site, However Robert wants to know why are there Airmen Burying light strips in the Desert. Frank Explains the pilot wanted guiding lights for their test flight. Robert Baulks at this revelation. This was only going to be a Detonation, nothing more. Meaning added Velocity of the drop will only add to the Yield and Inflate the Results. He returns home to see Kitty and both of his sons, while she is putting up washing. He joked that he if dies she'll Forget to bring in the sheets!
The day of the testing is marred with Disaster, Sandstorms in the Desert only Begats Thunderstorms. There is more Trouble, Dr Hans Bethe's test on the Ignition explosion in the lab had failed. But he is certain that the real deal will work. The Storm would let up til Dawn and Robert and Frank use their local knowledge to determine that the Storm will pass at 5:30. With it all on the Line, it's Possible that the Bomb would be a Dud, all due to a freak storm and the Army's unreasonable Demands. While waiting for the Rain to Subside, Groves asks what Dr Fermi meant by a remark about "Atmospheric ignition"? Robert explains that before Teller left, he had a Formula that Calculated a Chance the Chain Reaction would never Stop pass the Ignition point. This gets the Hard boiled Army Hero actually Show Fear for the first time, but in less than 2 hours we will know.
The Pilot Circles the Test Site and Descends into the Drop Zone, Everyone Seals themselves into the Bunker, making final preparations and hope for the Best. Frank has the most important job of all, to press the Abort button, if the Voltage Counter on the Detonator dies not reach Threshold, even if it's our by One, the Result will be considered a failure. The would goes Silent as the Bomb explodes, the only thing we hear is everyone's Breathing. They are so mesmerized by the flames that everyone forgets about the Shockwave that stuns Oppenheimer. Everyone cheers as the Sun rises over the Mesa, But for Oppenheimer his celebrations are all a ploy, in his mind the only thing he could think is one Quote "And I have Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds!" Kitty learned of Robert's success when his secretary phones Kitty to pass on a five worded message. "Kitty Bring in the Sheets!"
Part 4 NEXT WEEK!
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