Critics are simply raving about this new Kathryn Bigelow (‘The Hurt Locker’) film, where a nuclear missile is headed for the American Midwest, but no one knows which country launched it.
If the missile is not intercepted, it will hit its target in 18 minutes. The film unfolds within that time frame, with events relayed from multiple points of view, including that of a young major stationed in the Pacific (Anthony Ramos), a disillusioned and unprepared deputy advisor (Gabriel Basso), a Secretary of Defence who can barely reckon with the current reality (Jared Harris), and the President himself (Idris Elba), fairly new to the job when the crisis hits. This is a potent and ingeniously constructed film. Bigelow has made a modern-day real-world thriller (or perhaps horror!) film, that is unsettling for all that it does not show.
USA 2025 Kathryn Bigelow 112m
