The year is 1955. NATO and the Allied Forces have been conducting secret, occult experiments in a bid to win the Arms Race. Now, they have finally succeeded but what the Army has unleashed threatens to tear our world apart. One woman must lead the only survivors past horrors that the military has no way to control - and fight to close what should never have been opened.
The period setting (and Swift's doughty performance) convert Frances' proto-kickass tendencies into pure Blitz-spirit pluck, and ensure that all the film's wilful corniness comes with nostalgic charm.
