A House Of Dynamite
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From Academy Award winning director Kathryn Bigelow comes A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE. 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
- Moses Ingram
- Jonah Hauer-King
- Greta Lee
- Jason Clarke
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This government thriller starts with a genuinely phenomenal first act that hooks viewers immediately, but loses significant steam as it progresses, with audiences praising Rebecca Ferguson's commanding performance while questioning the film's repetitive narrative structure. Critics find it both terrifying and action-packed, though many note the anticlimactic ending doesn't match the quality of its opening.
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- Sep 24, 2025
well it's a good thing our government is super competent right now because otherwise we might be in trouble.
davidehrlichSep 25, 2025When Rebecca Ferguson is not on screen, all the other characters should be asking "where's Rebecca Ferguson?"
fran hoepfnerOct 19, 2025The first act of this film is genuinely phenomenal, throwing you right into the plot and making you attached and invested in the plot and characters immediately. It unfortunately loses more and more steam as the film progresses though, with the narrative structure…
jackson - Oct 23, 2025
ice cube and amazon would've prevented all of this btw
allain♡Oct 10, 2025The president weighs a retaliatory nuclear strike and starts talking about a thing he heard on a podcast one time
Marie BardiSep 29, 2025Really well cast and occasionally quite propulsive but it is objectively hilarious to ask the question “what if 18 minutes was 35 minutes and also you saw it three times”
Sam Herbst - Oct 14, 2025
The first and hopefully only movie where a pivotal line of dialogue, the one that contains the title of the film, begins with a character (in this case, the President of the United States) saying “I listened to this podcast…”
i_zOct 24, 2025Hey Angel Reese would you like to be in a movie with Idris Elba? He plays the President of the United States and you make a cameo as yourself a few hours before being incinerated in a nuclear holocaust. A movie about the end of the world that had me in zone out city by the…
Will MenakerOct 20, 2025Tracy Letts absolutely born to play the role of “general who advocates for a preemptive strike”
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- Alex is "meh" onA House of Dynamite
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…
Jake likedA House of DynamiteThis review is the result of a few days journey. 80% of the way through the movie, I absolutely loved it. I was hooked, riveted, on the edge of my seat. The way Bigelow can capture you and hold tension for such a long period is so impressive. The acting performances were phenomenal, with such…
Trey Barwick lovedA House of DynamiteI was completely absorbed, and when it suddenly ended..well, I was still picking my jaw up off the floor. The film builds tension through every character, only to leave us with unanswered questions that hit harder than any explosion. Performances are fantastic and perfectly cast.
- Scott Fausel likedA House of Dynamite
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…
Kaz dislikedA House of DynamiteStarted good, first 30 mins or so, then just telling the same story from different perspectives. No ending or big finale. Watch a different film don’t bore yourself with this!!
Katie dislikedA House of DynamiteDidn’t care for it, the entire movie follows 3 different perspectives but repeat the same storyline each time
- zxki is "meh" onA House of Dynamite
Kathryn Bigelow, back with a bomb... that didn't blow? In a lot of ways, this film reminded me of "Leave the World Behind", although I prefer that to this. The stacked casting, the handheld camerawork, the reverberant score, and the incisive dialogue—it had all the ingredients. Unfortunately, it…
Question Paper dislikedA House of DynamiteInfuriating that they essentially replayed the first 30 minutes two more times with little information or even emotional weight added. This would have been really interesting as a short film while keeping the goal of the movie but the run time was just stretched out unnecessarily
Jillian Massengale is "meh" onA House of DynamiteThis 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.
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- KLKyle Langenbach
Dumb and boring. Ending was a complete joke.
JWJustin WolfeAPAlejandro Perez - DLDavid LopezEBElias B
Metacritic
Oct 10, 2025
Though Ms. Bigelow includes a few humanizing and even humorous touches . . . she is not interested in the imperatives of the action movie or the moral lesson. She simply lays out one nauseatingly possible future, which means A House of Dynamite is one of the most terrifying movies ever made, but not in a fun way.
Kyle Smith
Wall Street Journal
Sep 2, 2025
A House of Dynamite (which premiered in competition at the Venice Film Festival) stands as a grim and timely warning about the renewed dangers of nuclear proliferation. Another way of looking at it, though, is as the most entertaining Hollywood movie on the subject of potential mass destruction since Stanley Kubrick’s Dr Strangelove.
Geoffrey Macnab
The Independent
Sep 2, 2025
Precision-tooled, ambitious in scale yet bracingly concise, this is Bigelow’s boldest and most assured film yet.
Jonathan Romney
Screen Daily
Frequently Asked Questions
Is A House Of Dynamite (2025) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as R, meaning that Under 17 requires an adult accompaniment.
How long is A House Of Dynamite (2025)?
The movie is 1hr 52min long.
What's A House Of Dynamite (2025) about?
From Academy Award winning director Kathryn Bigelow comes A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE. When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.
Who's the cast of A House Of Dynamite (2025)?
- Idris Elba as POTUS
- Rebecca Ferguson as Captain Olivia Walker
- Gabriel Basso as Deputy National Security Advisor Jake Baerington
- Jared Harris as Secretary of Defense Reid Baker
- Tracy Letts as General Anthony Brady
- Anthony Ramos as Major Daniel Gonzalez
- Moses Ingram as Cathy Rogers
- Jonah Hauer-King as Lieutenant Commander Robert Reeves
- Greta Lee as Ana Park
- Jason Clarke as Admiral Mark Miller
Who's the director behind A House Of Dynamite (2025)?
Kathryn Bigelow directed A House Of Dynamite (2025).
Who produced A House Of Dynamite (2025)?
Greg Shapiro produced A House Of Dynamite (2025).
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