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A House of Dynamite

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When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.

Cast:Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos
Director:Kathryn Bigelow
Writer:Noah Oppenheim
Editor:Kirk Baxter
Camera:Barry Ackroyd

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Takes the tension to claustrophobic levels... and then fizzles out

FCG Member Reviewer Priyanka Roy
Priyanka Roy | The Telegraph
Tue, October 28 2025

There is nothing wrong with an inconclusive ending. Many popular films — some even cult classics, without a shred of doubt — have ended on a note that invites speculation many decades later. Think The Shining. Think Donnie Darko. Think The Inception. But what about an ending which is not really an ending, ambiguous or otherwise? One which builds its tension to claustrophobic levels in the first hour and then allows it to inexplicably dissipate in the next? A House of Dynamite — Kathryn Bigelow’s latest look at how we could be seconds away from being wiped out of existence in this age of nuclear weaponry — is that kind of film. As one review aptly noted about this film — A House of Dynamite is good… until it isn’t.

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