“At the end of the Cold War, global powers reached the consensus that the world wouldbe better off with fewer nuclear weapons,” we’re told via big bold lettering in the opening of _A House of Dynamite_. “That era is now over.”

What starts as an ordinary day for Major Daniel Gonzalez (Anthony Ramos) at the 49th Missile Defense Battalion, Fort Greely, Alaska, will confirm the statement, as his morning rapidly escalates into a hellscape which could precipitate global nuclear war.

An ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) has been launched. No one can identify a definitive launch site. Nobody knows what geopolitical power is behind it. What becomes alarmingly clear is that it is not a test and that it’s headed straight for Chicago. Impact: 19 minutes and counting.

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