A House of Dynamite Review - Intense Thriller or Flawed Experiment?

Описание: A House of Dynamite Review - Intense Thriller or Flawed Experiment?

Acclaimed, Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) returns after eight years with A House of Dynamite, a high-tension thriller about a missile heading toward the United States from an unknown sender. The film, written by Noah Oppenheim, stars Rebecca Ferguson and Idris Elba as the President, racing against time to respond to the catastrophic threat.


In this review, we delve into the film's unusual and impressive three-part structure, which tells the same story from the perspectives of Captain Olivia Walker (Ferguson), Deputy National Security Advisor Jake Baerington (Gabriel Basso), and the President (Elba). We analyze how this structure, while a "technical marvel" of editing, ultimately sacrifices compelling story and tension for its elaborate formation.

We praise the strong performances from Ferguson and Elba, who ground the film in human emotion amidst the crisis, but discuss how the repetition causes the initial "nail-biting scenario" to lose its pressure and become progressively frustrating.

Does Bigelow's unique narrative approach pay off? Is this film a powerful commentary on our times, or does it fizzle out? Watch our full review!