
A lot has been said about Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite since the Netflix original movie hit the streamer back in October. Though critics said the movie packed a wallop with its exploration of a doomsday scenario in the moments leading to nuclear war, audiences have had some serious gripes with the final minutes. However, legendary filmmaker James Cameron is singing a different tune.
When speaking with The Hollywood Reporter shortly after his own much-talked-about recent film, Avatar: Fire and Ash, blew up the box office, Cameron took time to defend Kathryn Bigelow, his fellow filmmaker and former wife, and her decision to end the movie the way she did. Recalling a conversation the pair had over dinner a few weeks after A House of Dynamite hit the 2025 movie schedule, Cameron says: