A House of Dynamite (2025)
Tagline: Not if. When.
Overview: When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.
Release Date: 2025-10-02
Runtime: 113
Genres: War, Thriller
Language: EN
Company: First Light, Prologue Entertainment, Kingsgate Films
Status: Released
| Actor | Character |
|---|
| 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 Brody |
| Anthony Ramos | Major Daniel Gonzalez |
| Moses Ingram | Cathy Rogers |
| Greta Lee | Ana Park |
| Jonah Hauer-King | Lieutenant Commander Robert Reeves |
| Jason Clarke | Admiral Mark Miller |
| Willa Fitzgerald | Abby Jansing |
| Malachi Beasley | William Davis |
| Aminah Nieves | Sergeant Mary Nolan |
| Brian Tee | Ken Cho |
| Gbenga Akinnagbe | Major General Steven Kyle |
| Kyle Allen | Captain Jon Zimmer |
| Catherine Missal | Caddy |
| Neal Bledsoe | George |
| Maria Jung | Sarah Bell |
| Quincy Dunn-Baker | Bruce Blair |
| Lynn Adrianna | Betty |
| Renée Elise Goldsberry | First Lady of the United States |
| Kaitlyn Dever | Caroline Baker |
| Angel Reese | Angel Reese |
| Brittany O'Grady | Lily Baerington |
| 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 |
| Brittany O'Grady | Lily Baerington |
| Gbenga Akinnagbe | Major General Steven Kyle |
| Willa Fitzgerald | Abby Jansing |
| Renée Elise Goldsberry | The First Lady |
| Kyle Allen | Captain Jon Zimmer |
| Kaitlyn Dever | Caroline Baker |
| Neal Bledsoe | Ben Walker |
| Nicholas E. Monterosso | Liam Walker |
| Chance Kelly | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs |
| Enid Graham | NORTHCOM Commander |
| J.W. Cortes | INDOPACOM Commander |
| Brandon James Ellis | USFK Commander |
| Samuel H. Levine | NSA Duty Officer |
| De'Laney Ortiz | Army Duty Officer |
| Catherine Missal | CIA Duty Officer |
| Yadira Guevara-Prip | NGA Duty Officer |
| Ayana Anise | Navy Duty Officer |
| Brett Tomberlin | State Department Duty Officer |
| Gail Quintos | FBI Duty Officer |
| Riya Ray | DIA Duty Officer |
| Izabel Mar | Air Force Duty Officer |
| Joe Rizzo | CBP Duty Officer |
| Caleb Eberhardt | Colonel Greg Marshall |
| Dean Neistat | Maintenance Tech |
| Sam Vartholomeos | Captain Will Kagan |
| Francesca Carpanini | Staff Sergeant Ali Jones |
| Abubakr Ali | Lieutenant Dan Buck |
| Aminah Nieves | Sergeant Mary Nolan |
| Daniel L. Karbler | STRATCOM Chief of Staff |
| Philip V. Lenz | STRATCOM Strike Advisor |
| Timothy L. Brester | STRATCOM Mission Director "Whisper Mic" |
| Ben Chase | STRATCOM J2 Intelligence Director |
| Renrick Palmer | STRATCOM Deputy J3 Operations |
| Patrick Feeney | STRATCOM J5 Plans Director |
| Bryan Harlow | STRATCOM Senior Enlisted Leader |
| Shane Duffy | STRATCOM Deputy Commander |
| Vincent Hickman | STRATCOM Political Advisor |
| Kevin Dean O'Connor | STRATCOM Aide de Camp |
| Evan Rubin | Isabel |
| Gary Wilmes | FEMA Operations Director Mike Brown |
| Emily Chastain | FEMA Staffer #1 |
| Jack Cherry | FEMA Staffer #2 |
| Maria Jung | FEMA Staffer #3 |
| Sara Rettig Gramata | FEMA Staffer #4 |
| Ezrah Lin | Aidan Park |
| Kemo Coleman | CID Officer |
| Andrei Kouznetsov | Russian Foreign Minister |
| Alexander Sokovikov | Russian Deputy Foreign Minister |
| Leonid Citer | Russian General #1 |
| Nikolai Tsankov | Russian General #2 |
| Spencer House | Lieutenant Colonel Mark Belcher |
| John Zdrojeski | Major Dan Stevens |
| Samantha Soule | Lindsay Watts |
| Quincy Dunn-Baker | Bruce Blair |
| Jared Reinfeldt | Caroline's Boyfriend |
| Sara Hogrefe | White House Staffer |
| William Jousset | Uniformed USS Agent |
| Lynn Adrianna | Betty |
| Holly Cinnamon | Deputy Press Secretary |
| Pedro Mojica | Secret Service CAT Officer |
| Edmond Cofie | Briefing Room Reporter #1 |
| Katya Collazo | Briefing Room Reporter #2 |
| Zsuzska Beswick | Sports Stadium Reporter #1 |
| Paul Robert Williams III | Sports Stadium Reporter #2 |
| Michelle McMahon | Sports Stadium Reporter #3 |
| Tai Bennett | Chef Winston |
| Greg Schweers | Senator Martin Clancy |
| Jordan Dean | Admiral Miller Secret Service Agent #1 |
| Airon Armstrong | Admiral Miller Secret Service Agent #2 |
| Eli Kollman | Golf Caddy |
| Maura Kirzon Malone | Doctor Office Receptionist |
| CJ Williams | Submarine Captain |
| Aleksander Krutainis | Submarine Executive Officer |
| Ky Fehlbaum | Submarine Weapons Officer |
| Joe Klaunberg | Jake Secret Service Agent #1 |
| Christopher R. Anderson | Jake Secret Service Agent #2 |
| Lea Zawada | White House Aide |
| Alan Aisenberg | White House Staffer #1 |
| Ian Duff | White House Staffer #2 |
| Thom Niemann | White House Staffer #3 |
| Angel Reese | WNBA Star |
| LuMarcus Certain | Fort Greely Military Personnel |
| Jewel Rouge | Fort Greely Sergeant |
| Joshua Hurley-Curran | Fort Greely Guard |
| Joanne Goodhart | Female News Anchor |
| Jonathan Boynton-Lee | First Lady Secret Service Agent #1 |
| Rampepe Mohohlo | First Lady Secret Service Agent #2 |
| Mwajuma Belle | Female Ranger |
| Ines de La Cuetara | Reporter |
| George Njoroge Kinyanjui | Sound News Crew Member |
| Luke Gent | Camera News Crew Member |
| Stevie Place | Girl in Car Window |
| Jed Goff | Joint Base Andrews Secret Service Agent |
| Brian D. Coats | POTUS (voice) |
| Kevin Anton | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| Mike Figueroa | Secret Service Agent (uncredited) |
6/10 based on 15 votes.
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://movieswetextedabout.com/a-house-of-dynamite-movie-review-a-case-study-in-filmmakers-intent-versus-narrative-impact/
"A House of Dynamite is the perfect definition of a film with brilliant intent but exhaustive execution.
Kathryn Bigelow delivers an opening act of pure cinematic tension, technically and sensorially extraordinary, but its structure, divided into three acts that tell the same story, proves excessively redundant and draining, transforming the suspense thriller into an academic essay that gradually loses the viewer's attention.
In the end, we're left with the hammered message that the most devastating threat isn't the nuclear explosion, but rather the human uncertainty in the face of the abyss."
Rating: C-