"Somewhere over the Arctic reaches of North America, a nuclear bomber flies in a squadron, awaiting its orders. When a secret code appears on a machine in the cockpit, the crew looks at each other, stunned. The code is instructing them to attack. Ripping open a sealed envelope marked "Top Secret," the pilot reads the name of their target: MOSCOW. They set their course. The end of the world has begun."
"Or so they think. It's actually all a big mistake-the result of a computer glitch at a military base that sent the attack code to the bomber by accident. This is the premise of Sidney Lumet's 1964 masterpiece -a movie that asked Cold War audiences to question unbridled nuclear weapons proliferation at a time when, to many, building up a massive arsenal seemed like an imperative."
"Some political analysts argue that nuclear war has never been more likely than it is today. And yet, despite that ongoing threat to humanity's very existence, few films or TV shows seem to agonize about the prospect anymore. A House of Dynamite bucks the trend by thrusting nukes back into the spotlight. In the film, radar systems detect an intercontinental ballistic missile of unknown origin barreling toward the US."
An airborne nuclear bomber receives a secret attack code by mistake and prepares to strike Moscow after opening a sealed Top Secret envelope. The false order results from a computer glitch at a military base. Fail Safe raised Cold War questions about nuclear weapons proliferation. A House of Dynamite portrays a modern nuclear crisis when radar detects an inbound ICBM aimed at Chicago, with officials estimating ten million immediate fatalities plus widespread radioactive fallout. The missile will impact in nineteen minutes, leaving no time for evacuation. The film's first act centers on White House Situation Room officer Olivia Walker as she grasps the crisis's magnitude.
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