Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear thriller is dazzling and almost unbearably tense, and Roald Dahl’s wicked couple come to life … with plenty of fart gags Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear thriller is dazzling and almost unbearably tense, and Roald Dahl’s wicked couple come to life … with plenty of fart gags A missile of unknown origin has been launched from the Pacific – and it’s heading for the US. From that hook, Kathryn Bigelow has fashioned an almost unbearably tense thriller out of the American response.