Overview
A bold plan to disrupt the oil industry unfolds as activists take a stand against climate change.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- urgent
- confrontational
- paranoid
- political film night
- activism discussion
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film as an original, urgent, and suspenseful eco-thriller with complex antiheroes and strong ensemble performances.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The activist crew researches, assembles, and executes a coordinated pipeline attack using heist planning conventions.
The ensemble's personal histories and climate convictions make their illegal action psychologically legible and morally contested.
Flashbacks introduce the crew's motivations, relationships, and escalating commitment to sabotage.
The pipeline and the activists' ideology place environmental collapse and energy politics at the center of the conflict.
Films like How to Blow Up a Pipeline, and why
The East
political thriller intensity, activist protagonists, and moral ambiguity
The Battle of Algiers
ensemble crime planning, ideological conflict, and confrontational political themes
Hell or High Water
heist structure, systemic critique, and sympathetic lawbreaking protagonists
Night Moves
radical politics, underground activism, and tense group dynamics
Movie Details
- Director
- Daniel Goldhaber
- Release Date
- 2023-04-07
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (206)
Cast
- Ariela Barer
- Kristine Froseth
- Lukas Gage
- Forrest Goodluck
- Sasha Lane
- Jayme Lawson
- Marcus Scribner
- Jake Weary
- Irene Bedard
- Olive Jane Lorraine
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is How to Blow Up a Pipeline about?
- A determined collective of climate activists turns a high-risk pipeline sabotage mission into a tense examination of radical action, solidarity, and moral consequence.
- What is How to Blow Up a Pipeline like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of How to Blow Up a Pipeline as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is How to Blow Up a Pipeline violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in How to Blow Up a Pipeline as graphic.
- What did critics think of How to Blow Up a Pipeline?
- Critics broadly praised the film as an original, urgent, and suspenseful eco-thriller with complex antiheroes and strong ensemble performances.
- Which films are like How to Blow Up a Pipeline?
- Films with a similar feel include The East, The Battle of Algiers, Hell or High Water, and Night Moves.
- How long is How to Blow Up a Pipeline?
- How to Blow Up a Pipeline runs 104 minutes.
- Where can I watch How to Blow Up a Pipeline?
- In United States, How to Blow Up a Pipeline is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex.
