What if you had 19 minutes before nuclear war kicked off? What could you possibly do to stop it? Or failing that, what unfinished business would you want to tackle? This is the nauseating question at the center of A House of Dynamite. Academy Award–winning director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) teams with Zero Day writer Noah Oppenheim — and an all-star cast — to show what it might look like if one of the United States’ enemies launched a missile at one of our nation’s major cities.
In the blink of an eye, soldiers, politicians, and government officials go from having a totally run-of-the-mill day to participating in a moment that will define the lives of millions, in the U.S. and abroad. And all their decisions must happen in a 19-minute window.
Idris Elba stars as the president of the United States, while the rest of his team (and beyond) is brought to life by Rebecca Ferguson, Greta Lee, Anthony Ramos, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Moses Ingram, Jason Clarke, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Kaitlyn Dever, and Tracy Letts. But make no mistake, this is not the kind of American movie that cheers, “Here comes POTUS to save the world.”
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