Perhaps they expected a big bang. Scenes of cities laid waste, dazed survivors confronted by an irradiated post-apocalyptic world. When A House of Dynamite failed to deliver that, the critics panned it.

A "major misfire" proclaimed The New Yorker.

"It leaves you feeling like you're buried in a hovel of disappointment," chided Rolling Stone .

The audience rating on Google was a dire 1.9 stars, with most netizens who bother with such things giving it a solid thumbs down.

Even the Pentagon weighed in, saying the movie was inaccurate in its portrayal of what would happen in such circumstances. Its Missile Defence Agency claimed the interceptors which fail to stop the strike in the movie had been tested and found to have 100 per cent accuracy, a claim independent experts dispute.

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