When the Government Fails Big...

[InformationGeek]

... in the movies.  I have seen the government in the movies fail tons of times due to being idiots (See Mars Attacks), because of someone's ego (See Evolution), or because of something else.  So, can name any movies where the government (Could be any kind of government) really fails big time.  I put up Evolution and Mars Attacks up, but I would like to acknowledge the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still.

[retrorussell]

Wow.. there's WAY too many movies to list that fit that criteria in the bad-movie realm!

But a few:
Piranha
Humanoids From The Deep
Alligator
Food Of The Gods

Notice they usually have to do with some animal being a lot more destructive than usual as a result of government foul-ups.

[Skull]

Would Demolition Man (1993) count?

[Allhallowsday]

FAIL SAFE (1964)
SOYLENT GREEN (1973) 
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981)

[Jack]

1984 - that was kind of messed up.

[Flick James]

I don't know if this qualifies because it was a "good" movie, but how about Dr. Strangelove? Government incompetence was one of the films central themes.

[lester1/2jr]

I saw a communist propagnda film where the guy playing stalin had a little bit of food on his chin

[JPickettIII]

Here are a couple:

Terminator
C.H.U.D.
Return of the Living Dead

[JaseSF]

Colossus: The Forbin Project
V For Vendetta
Threads
The Day After

[RCMerchant]

the CRAZIES (1973)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knTCcLPaqVw

Any movie that has atomic bomb blasts turn bugs into giant monsters or Tor Johnson into a big killing moron.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9aa5Rf3-SU

This...Private Pyle....so sad...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc2cPuwpqTg