A House of Dynamite
2025 · Movie · R · 112 min · ★ 6.4 · 75% critics
A tense crisis erupts when an unidentified missile is launched toward the United States, forcing officials and military teams into a frantic search for answers. As time runs short, the story focuses on uncertainty, pressure, and the weight of impossible decisions.
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Details
- Years
- 2025
- Release date
- 2025-10-02
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (1,260 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy grim, high-pressure crisis thrillers like Leave the World Behind; Not for you if you need steady momentum, clear answers, or a conventionally satisfying wrap-up.
Pros: gripping opening tension; strong performances; serious timely premise | Cons: repetitive perspectives; momentum fades; divisive payoff
Themes
- the white house
- woman director
- detached
- political thriller
- ironic
- political crisis
- ambiguous
- apathetic
- melodramatic
Cast & crew
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
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow