Synopsis
How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023) is a tightly wound crime thriller from director Daniel Goldhaber — watch online on iFILM. Eight young activists from across the United States converge on the Texas desert with one objective: blow a section of an oil pipeline. The 103-minute film adapts Andreas Malm's nonfiction manifesto into a heist structure, chopping the countdown with flashbacks that explain how each character arrived at this moment.
Ariel Barrер, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Sasha Lane and Forrest Goodluck lead the ensemble. Nobody here is a cartoon radical — the film spends real time on the personal damage behind each person's decision, which is what gives the third act its weight. The plan is technically simple; everything else is not.
Goldhaber picked up the Sundance editing award in 2023, and it shows — the film is constructed like a puzzle that keeps tightening. Fans of lean political thrillers and morally uncomfortable cinema will find plenty to chew on. Stream How to Blow Up a Pipeline online on iFILM.
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