“Civil War” is a dystopian film depicting a team of four journalists driving across the United States during a civil war that has overtaken the nation. Director-screenwriter Alex Garland (“Ex Machina” 2014) has set the film in the near future, and has America divided into four factions, and is very strictly neutral in his approach to the film, and which sides the depicted people are on, in a liberal vs. conservative sense. It is clear is that the four journalists are in grave danger as they attempt to travel to Washington, D. C., in an attempt to interview the increasingly isolated President.
The four principals are played by Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, and Stephen McKinley Henderson. Dunst’s strong performance especially stands out in the film. Co-stars include Sonoya Mizuno, Jefferson White, Nelson Lee, Evan Lai, Jesse Piemons, Karl Glusman, Jin Ha, Jojo T. Gibbs, Juani Feliz, Edmund Donovan, James Yaegashi, Greg Hill, Jess Matney, and Nick Offerman as the President of the United States, a dictatorial type currently in his third term.
The film does leave one with a sense of unsettled discomfort with the realization that something like this could happen in the near future. Maybe “Civil War” will make people aware enough to prevent this from actually taking place. “Civil War” has been successful in theatrical release for DNA Films, IPR.VC, and A24.
Civil War (2024)
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My Review
“Civil War” is a dystopian film depicting a team of four journalists driving across the United States during a civil war that has overtaken the nation. Director-screenwriter Alex Garland (“Ex Machina” 2014) has set the film in the near future, and has America divided into four factions, and is very strictly neutral in his approach to the film, and which sides the depicted people are on, in a liberal vs. conservative sense. It is clear is that the four journalists are in grave danger as they attempt to travel to Washington, D. C., in an attempt to interview the increasingly isolated President.
The four principals are played by Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, and Stephen McKinley Henderson. Dunst’s strong performance especially stands out in the film. Co-stars include Sonoya Mizuno, Jefferson White, Nelson Lee, Evan Lai, Jesse Piemons, Karl Glusman, Jin Ha, Jojo T. Gibbs, Juani Feliz, Edmund Donovan, James Yaegashi, Greg Hill, Jess Matney, and Nick Offerman as the President of the United States, a dictatorial type currently in his third term.
The film does leave one with a sense of unsettled discomfort with the realization that something like this could happen in the near future. Maybe “Civil War” will make people aware enough to prevent this from actually taking place. “Civil War” has been successful in theatrical release for DNA Films, IPR.VC, and A24.