Ever since Kathryn Bigelow started making films back in the 1980s, she has seemingly dedicated herself to on-screen tension. The now award-winning director has become masterful at it — and her latest film is (mostly) no exception. First premiering at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival in early September and now a Netflixstreaming hit, A House of Dynamite depicts a United States just about to explode, crumble, and be decimated. Watching our guardians in the White House scramble helplessly as a missile approaches is one of the heaviest — and most terrifying — moments you will see in cinema. Unfortunately, though, A House of Dynamite comes with a major weakness.

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