The film draws inspiration from the real-life tragedies of the Chernobyl disaster, but the director's aim to evoke a strong emotional response from viewers appears to have fallen short. Chernobyl 1986 ...

Unlike the recent HBO series, the Russian-language feature film “Chernobyl 1986” explores the human toll of the power plant explosion. By Valerie Hopkins CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — In April 1986, Alexander ...

At 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, an engineer at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant pressed a button, and an explosion that should have been physically impossible sent shockwaves throughout the ...

Inspired by the devastating events of the Chernobyl disaster, this film aims to convey the severity of the tragedy but seems to have fallen short in evoking the intended emotional response from its ...