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Kathryn Bigelow’s new thriller, a house of dynamitehas earned mixed reactions from viewers in its first 24 hours on Netflix.
from three different perspectivesThe film tracks the next 18 minutes over and over A nuclear missile is being launched in the United States – First from the White House Situation Room, then from the United States Strategic Command, and finally from the President himself.
*Warning – major spoilers ahead a house of dynamite,
The identity of those behind the missile launch is never made clear – a deliberate choice on Bigelow’s part (like directors of war films). zero Dark Thirty And hurt locker,
“The antagonist is the system we’ve created to essentially end the world on a hair-trigger,” Bigelow told Netflix. tumdu,
The film ends on an ambiguous note – with the President (played by Idris Elba) deciding whether to let the missiles strike Chicago in order to avoid war or to retaliate. The actual impact of the missile is never shown.
“I want the audience to leave the theater thinking, ‘Okay, what do we do now?'” Bigelow explained. tumdu“It’s a global issue, and of course I hope that maybe someday we’ll reduce the nuclear stockpile. But in the meantime, we’re literally living in a house of dynamite. I thought it was very important to get that information out there, so we can start a conversation. It’s the explosion that we’re interested in – later people have conversations about the movie.”
However, many viewers were left discussing how they felt about the ending, expressing their disappointment on social media.
“Nobody wants to hear the same story three times and end up with no ending,” one person shared on X. “The director literally annoys the audience three times and then walks out the door.”
“I was glued to the TV, then with that ending I was praying for a nuke to hit me,” added another. “There needs to be a discussion about the worst movie ending of all time.”
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The ending also generated a lively debate on the popular subreddit, r/Movies.
One person wrote, “I get why they decided on that ending. I really do. But as soon as I finished that movie, all I could think was ‘people are going to hate this ending.'”
Another said, “Thought the first part was great, then it got repetitive and dragged on.” “I don’t mind the cliffhanger ending, but it didn’t even feel like that. Just feels like an incomplete movie.”
Despite complaints, a house of dynamite At the time of writing it had a critics’ score of 79 percent on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.
In a four star review for IndependentGeoffrey McNab called it “the most entertaining film about mass destruction ever made.” Dr Strangelove,
“Seventeen years ago, Bigelow became the first woman to win the Oscar for Best Director hurt locker (2008). whether or not she achieves similar feats a house of dynamite – Became the first woman to win Two – This new feature shows that when it comes to intelligent, adrenaline-filled drama, he’s still on his own.
a house of dynamite Now available on Netflix.