STPRYLINE: An unexploded WWII bomb is discovered on a busy construction site in the centre of London. Chaos ensues as the military and police begin a mass evacuation against a ticking clock. (IMDb)

   Tension rises when a bomb is thrown into any mix. This is natural.  Hollywood has proven this with dramas such as The Hurt Locker (2008) and House of Dynamite (2025).  1995’s Die Hard With a Vengeance takes this tension to the action genre. Fuze takes this tension back to the dramatic. 

    A good tension filled movie will keep audiences on the edge of their seats, no matter the subject matter.  It can build it with a slow pace, and a trickle of information over the course of the film. Some features create chaos, having viewers questioning what is going on.

   Fuze does the ladder, as its thrusts viewers immediately into the chaotic situation, of its story. There comes a point during the film, where another element of chaos is introduced, and the tension continues to rise.  

    With the exception of a flashback towards the end of the motion picture, Fuze, is told in real time. Audiences are presented with the stories events with no forward time jumps, just perspective changes, to further the plot. In doing this the film goes for an edge of your seat thriller. 

    Fuze almost lands there. At its half way point it abruptly changes genres.  This switch keeps the same frantic pace, but resets the plot.  It seems like one has to start over with events of a new movie, while remembering the events of the previous. This is similar to watching a sequel that heavily depends on you having seem the it’s proceeding film.

    Fuze is a tense film with two clear halves, with an abrupt change between them.

    Until next time, I will see you at the movies!