Editor's note: Spoilers below for A House of Dynamite.Kathryn Bigelow's new film, A House of Dynamite, is incredibly well-made and features some stellar performances by the likes of Rebecca Ferguson, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, and Idris Elba. The film follows the immediate aftermath of a nuclear missile launch against the United States, with only minutes to react. The responsible party is never definitively identified, leaving many questions unanswered about what to do next. The U.S. response is seen from three perspectives, told in three separate acts. The first act, by far the tensest, is set at the White House, where senior staff member Olivia Walker (Rebecca Ferguson) leads her team. Attempts to stop the missile fail, and its target is revealed to be Chicago. Daniel Gonzalez's (Anthony Ramos) team in Alaska is left dumbstruck after their countermeasures fail. The second act is with STRATCOM and an officer there (Tracy Letts), who speaks on Zoom with various Cabinet members and a sweaty, breathless Deputy National Security advisor (Gabriel Basso). The same action replays, the same failure occurs, just from their POV. Finally, we meet the president in act three (Idris Elba), who is pulled from a meet-and-greet with Angel Reese and fumbles around as he tries to decide what to do next. Again, the action has started over, and this time we see everything with him as he's transported to a safe location. - YouTube www.youtube.com The Writing Problems of A House of DynamiteThere are a couple of moments I experienced...
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