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A House of Dynamite (2025)

Runtime: 112 min
Release date: 02/10/2025
Production countries: United States of America
Production companies: First Light, Prologue Entertainment, Kingsgate Films
Overview
When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.
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Kathryn Bigelow
Director
Cast
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Idris Elba
as POTUS
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Rebecca Ferguson
as Captain Olivia Walker
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Gabriel Basso
as Deputy National Security Advisor Jake Baerington
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Jared Harris
as Secretary of Defense Reid Baker
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Tracy Letts
as General Anthony Brady
All trailers
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A House of Dynamite

Official Trailer

Video: YouTube
Duration: 02:11
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A House of Dynamite

Official Teaser

Video: YouTube
Duration: 01:28
Reviews
Author: msbreviews
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://movieswetextedabout.com/a-house-of-dynamite-movie-review-a-case-study-in-filmmakers-intent-versus-narrative-impact/"A House of Dynamite is the perfect definition of a film with brilliant intent but exhaustive execution. Kathryn Bigelow delivers an opening act of pure cinematic tension, technically and sensorially extraordinary, but its structure, divided into three acts that tell the same story, proves excessively redundant and draining, transforming the suspense thriller into an academic essay that gradually loses the viewer's attention. In the end, we're left with the hammered message that the most devastating threat isn't the nuclear explosion, but rather the human uncertainty in the face of the abyss." Rating: C-FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://movieswetextedabout.com/a-house-of-dynamite-movie-review-a-case-study-in-filmmakers-intent-versus-narrative-impact/"A House of Dynamite is the perfect definition of a film with brilliant intent but exhaustive execution. Kathryn Bigelow delivers an opening act of pure cinematic tension, technically and sensorially extraordinary, but its structure, divided into three acts that tell the same story, proves excessively redundant and draining, transforming the suspense thriller into an academic essay that gradually loses the viewer's attention. In the end, we're left with the hammered message that the most devastating threat isn't the nuclear explosion, but rather the human uncertainty in the face of the abyss." Rating: C-
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