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3 days agoEvery moment pops in the nuclear thriller 'A House of Dynamite'
A House of Dynamite is a tense Kathryn Bigelow-directed thriller that replays a single 20-minute nuclear-threat scenario from multiple perspectives.
James Mooney (Josh O'Connor) is a man without a plan. With his dim-witted accomplices, he stages a heist at a Massachusetts art gallery but is soon forced on the run when the law comes to call, followed by members of a local crime cartel. Kelly Reichardt's film is a whipsmart and subversive take on the all-American crime caper, with shades of Sidney Lumet in the funny and nail-bitingly tense first half especially.