News Summary

• A House of Dynamite has become a huge streaming hit, despite being criticised for inaccuracies.
• The political thriller, from Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow, depicts a scenario where a nuclear weapon is fired at the US by an unidentified foe.
• It has been criticised by viewers for its underwhelming ending and by experts for presenting incorrect information.
• However, Stephen Flynn, a director of the Global Resilience Institute at America’s Northeastern University, believes the film achieves its goal of scaring people about the devastating capabilities of nuclear war.