20251h 52mDir. Kathryn Bigelow

A House of Dynamite

Name: A House of Dynamite
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Released: 2025-10-02
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Rating: 2.5
Cast: Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts

“Not if. When.”

ThrillerDrama

2.5 / 5.0

1 Community Logs

1st Half: 2.5 ★vs2nd Half: 2.5 ★

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When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.

Starring:Idris Elba,Rebecca Ferguson,Gabriel Basso,Jared Harris,Tracy Letts

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Idris Elba

POTUS

Rebecca Ferguson

Captain Olivia Walker

Gabriel Basso

Deputy National Security Advisor Jake Baerington

Jared Harris

Secretary of Defense Reid Baker

Tracy Letts

General Anthony Brady

Anthony Ramos

Major Daniel Gonzalez

Moses Ingram

Cathy Rogers

Jonah Hauer-King

Lieutenant Commander Robert Reeves

Greta Lee

Ana Park

Jason Clarke

Admiral Mark Miller

Malachi Beasley

SCPO William Davis

Brian Tee

SAIC Ken Cho

Key Production Crew

Director

Kathryn Bigelow

Screenplay & Writers

Noah Oppenheim

Cinematography

Barry Ackroyd

Original Score

Volker Bertelmann

Producers

Kathryn Bigelow, Noah Oppenheim, Greg Shapiro

Film Details

Box Office Revenue$181,125

Original Languageen

Production Studios

First LightPrologue EntertainmentKingsgate Films

Keywords & Themes

#the white house#woman director#detached#political thriller#ironic#political crisis#ambiguous#melodramatic

Community Reviews & Logs

Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

1ST WATCHImported Log

2.5

Man, you know, A House of Dynamite starts off like a punch to the gut real promise, real fire. The opening’s got that Bigelow energy smoke, heat, sweat, the kind that makes you lean in. You feel the tension, that drumbea...

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