Overview
- Netflix will release the film globally on Friday, Oct. 24, following its Venice premiere and a brief early-October theatrical run.
- The story focuses on the final minutes before a potential nuclear strike on the United States, centering on high-stakes decisions by political and military leaders.
- Told in real time, the narrative is split into three interconnected sections that present multiple institutional perspectives under extreme pressure.
- Idris Elba stars as the U.S. president alongside Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Moses Ingram, Greta Lee, Jason Clarke, and others.
- The film runs about 112 minutes and is rated R, with music by Volker Bertelmann and cinematography by Barry Ackroyd, and it drew an 11-minute standing ovation at Venice as outlets frame it as one of Netflix’s marquee 2025 releases.