Overview
- Empire’s new review hails the film as an electrifying return for Bigelow, while The A.V. Club criticizes its repetitive execution and deflating finale.
- The real-time thriller tracks the U.S. response to an incoming intercontinental missile reported as targeting Chicago, emphasizing decision-making over spectacle.
- The narrative unfolds as a triptych that replays the crisis from overlapping viewpoints, resetting the clock to deepen procedural detail.
- Rebecca Ferguson’s Captain Olivia Walker serves as the primary point of view within an ensemble that includes Idris Elba, Jared Harris, Gabriel Basso, Moses Ingram, Jason Clarke and Greta Lee.
- Netflix plans a select theatrical release on October 10 followed by a streaming debut on October 24.