A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE

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Eileen E Brilliant! Complex interwoven government and military interactions responding to a missile threat that couldn’t be identified or stopped. May go again tomorrow! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/21/25 Full Review Steven Great Editing! Rashomon on steroids! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/21/25 Full Review Joshua R “A House of Dynamite” is a superb procedural thriller that favors observation over conventional plotting. Like Paul Greengrass’s “United 93,” it adopts a verité, process-first approach: tension comes from watching professionals confront the unimaginable and work their systems in real time. There are no traditional leads, no tidy arcs, just the relentless mechanics of response. The ensemble is excellent, the direction precise, and the overall effect chillingly credible. If you can, see it in a theater. SPOILERS BELOW * * * * * * * * * Spoiler thoughts I keep seeing, “Great film… until the end.” That misses the point. Bigelow isn’t interested in spoon-feeding you an answer; she’s dramatizing the machinery that precedes one. We don’t witness the president’s final call because the film isn’t about the ultimate outcome. It’s about people, not movie heroes, doing their jobs under maximum pressure. A definitive resolution would create false closure. Holding the outcome in suspension is the film’s power. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/20/25 Full Review Will Complete waste of time and a failure of a film. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/19/25 Full Review Eli R The acting and directing is good, but this is basically half of a story Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/19/25 Full Review Colton K This would’ve been one of the best movies of the year if it had a linear narrative structure and a better ending. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/19/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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