Fuze (2025)
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A high-stakes heist is hidden behind the public emergency of an unexploded bomb in London.
The story
When an unexploded bomb, believed to be from the Second World War, is discovered on a busy construction site in Paddington, the military and police cord_off the area. While Chief Superintendent Zuzana Greenfield manages the evacuation of the public, Major Will Tranter and his team are tasked with defusing the explosive. The operation becomes complicated when a timed trigger is discovered. Simultaneously, a group of robbers led by Giorgos Karalis infiltrates a nearby bank to steal jewelry and money. The two events collide as the police are forced to manage both the ticking bomb and the pursuit of the thieves in the midst of the chaos.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
An unexploded World War II bomb is discovered in Paddington, leading to a massive police and military operation. While Major Will Tranter attempts to defuse the bomb, he discovers a timed trigger and uses a magnetic clock stopper. Nearby, Giorgos Karalis and his team, X, Y, and Z, rob the Bank Al Muraqabah. The robbery is detected by a police drone, forcing the police to chase the robbers while simultaneously managing the bomb. The clock stopper fails, and the bomb detonates, but no lives are lost. The robbers escape to a countryside safe-house, where Karalis is betrayed by his own associates and eventually rescued by Tranter after a violent confrontation. It is later revealed that Tranter and Karalis were working together to steal diamonds, using the bomb as a diversion. The two men, along with a third accomplice, Rahim, flee the UK and reunite in Istanbul to split the proceeds. A flashback reveals that Tranter, Karalis, and Rahim first met ten years earlier in Afghanistan during a mission involving land mines.
- First release year
- 2025
- Runtime (minutes)
- 96
- Production countries
- United Kingdom
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- David Mackenzie
- Writers
- Ben Hopkins · writer
- Cast and characters
- Aaron Taylor-Johnson · Major Will Tranter; Theo James · Giorgos "George" Karalis, a bank robber; Gugu Mbatha-Raw · Chief Superintendent Zuzana Greenfield; Sam Worthington · "X", a member of Karalis' heist team; Saffron Hocking · Military Sergeant Dootsie Keane; Elham Ehsas · Rahim, a civilian affected by the heist; Shaun Mason · "Y", a member of Karalis' heist team; Nabil Elouahabi · "Z", a member of Karalis' heist team
- Genres
- heist; thriller
- Themes
- collaboration; deception
- Tone and mood
- tense; grounded
- Setting
- London and Istanbul, spanning the present and a flashback to Afghanistan ten years prior.
- Premise and plot tags
- heist; bomb disposal; military
- Reception
- The film received mixed or average reviews from critics.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 60 · scale: 100 · review count: 24
- Production trivia
- The production consulted with real-world bomb disposal experts, military personnel, and police.; The film was inspired by Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker and 1970s French heist movies.; The project gained momentum after the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.
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