A House of Dynamite opens to low, menacing cello notes that recall John Williams’ iconic theme from Jaws, and to be sure, a monster is coming to devour everything and everyone in sight.

Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow’s first film in eight years is a geopolitical thriller of nerve-wracking, edge-of-your-seat, heart-in-your-throat intensity, charting the efforts of various segments of the United States government to cope with an impending nuclear strike. A nightmare unfolding in slow-motion, its every minute infused with unbearable horror, it’s a timely cautionary tale whose overwhelming suspense is apt to leave viewers sick with dread.

From Sidney Lumet’s 1964 classic Fail Safe to last year’s superlative seventh episode of Paradise, the threat of nuclear annihilation has been pot

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