A House of Dynamite - Reviews

...might not tell us anything particularly new (surely we all know that nuclear weapons are terrifying), but it’s delivered so deftly, it’s difficult to care. If only all cautionary tales could be this brilliantly entertaining.

The film's official tagline sums it up succinctly: "Not if. When."

...drops a scary yet impotent stockpile of duds...

Kathryn Bigelow's terrifying nuclear thriller is among her very best.

The most entertaining movie about mass destruction since Dr Strangelove.

...a razor-sharp thriller of whats, wheres and hows, which leaves its audience wrestling with one of the great all-time whys.

Superb ensemble performances, and even a tiny bit of humour in the apocalypse.

There is a pertinent and distressing question that Bigelow’s ticking clock thriller wants the viewer to ask. If the United States lost a city in a single, violent instant, what would happen next?

...is a fiction. It’s also a warning. The tagline for the movie on the posters out here is “Not if. When.”

...a terrifying, white-knuckle comeback.

Here is a movie that will ruin your day. You’re welcome.

...pinpoints a terrifying tragedy lurking unspoken in today’s world order: whether citizens place their trust in people or procedures, neither can be counted on to prevent mass destruction.

...en högst angelägen, men också tankeprovocerande thriller som sätter sig som en nagel i medvetandet.

...gastkramande och realistiskt, åtminstone känns det så med allt tekniskt babbel och akronymer som slängs omkring.

...hur olika förhållanden vi än genomlevde, alla vi som växte upp under kalla kriget, så kastar Bigelow oss obönhörligen tillbaka till den tidens alldeles grundläggande fasa.

...en kraftfull, aktuell film som under en speltid på knappt två timmar kommer att ge dig vita knogar med en cocktail av spänning och underhållning, ackompanjerat av lysande skådespelare och teknisk filmkonst på alla nivåer...