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A House of Dynamite

2025 · Thriller · Kathryn Bigelow · 1h 52m

An unidentified missile is tracked heading for Chicago, twenty minutes out, and the film stays with the American officials who have to decide what to do. Rooms, screens and phone calls, close to real time.

  • Strongly heavy
  • Clearly realistic
  • Clearly plot-driven

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