A House of Dynamite

This movie really caught my eye with the doomsday sci-fi end of the world story. I was hooked for a good while and it keeps you on the edge of your seat, but the ending is truly horrible. I wouldn’t recommend wasting 2 hours of your time on this unless you’re really bored.

Tense and unnerving premise that feels deeply researched as expected in a Kathryn Bigelow film. Definitely intended as a warning and reminder that many of our most complex systems and processes are ultimately helmed by very normal people. Use of a recurring storytelling structure only sort of works and there are definitely some issues with the story.

Great movie up until the ending, ruined it

Great movie up until the ending, ruined it

Great build up..but to what? I won’t lie I might just be the wrong audience for this I will completely accept that. Honestly “meh” might be too harsh because I was gripped for a solid 30 minutes. It’s just that the movie replays the same scenario from different perspectives but still attempts to build the tension on the stuff we have already seen. Then like I said it leads to nothing, there is no pay off, it’s like anti Chekhov.

A Much Watch! Such a necessary film for today’s political environment. I’m not sure if it was intentional, but it follows the book “Nuclear War, a Scenario” pretty closely.
As a film, great cast, interesting characters, wonderful performances, and a tremendous story.