# Movies you've seen recently (Part 2)

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**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [August 27, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288 "2024-08-27T05:10:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3717 "2025-10-27T23:32:23Z")

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I started a new thread on the topic of _A House of Dynamite_ so as not to derail this thread with specific discussion:

> [@\*A House of Dynamite\* (2025 film about nuclear attack) Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-house-of-dynamite-2025-film-about-nuclear-attack-discussion/1024344):
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> Continuing the discussion from [Movies you've seen recently (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3713): Perhaps. I mean I’m no expert on nuclear war strategy but it seems to me that once you have fired that first missile, you’ve already decided to forgo MAD doctrine. Either way it doesn’t seem like there is any downside to seeing if Chicago evaporates. The options to retaliate is still there, particularly with B-2s and submarines ready and waiting to go if needed. This is correct. (Mutually) Assured Destruction (the first w…

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