Fuze: It totally detonates!

Fuze (2025) • View trailer3.5 stars (out of five); rated R, for violence and considerable profanityAvailable via: HBO MAXBy Derrick BangThe devious twists in Ben Hopkins’ fiendishly clever script are ably matched by the multi-faceted, meticulously detailed shoot that brings it to life, under the guidance of director David Mackenzie. No surprise, given that Mackenzie also helmed 2016’s superlative Hell or High Water. After getting called to a London construction site that has uncovered an unexplodedWorld War II bomb, demolitions expert Major Will Trantor (Aaron Taylot-Johnson)cautiously tries to determine how best to proceed.Few heist thrillers can match this one’s audacious capacity for ongoing surprises.The time is present-day, the setting a bustling Paddington neighborhood in central London’s Westminster. It’s morning, and a construction crew busily digs out a city block-sized site in anticipation of new development ... until the excavator uncovers a nasty surprise: the nose cone of…