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- 'Civil War' is a road trip movie set in a horrifying what-if scenario
- When: Civil War is in theaters and IMAX on April 12.
- What to know: The latest from writer-director Alex Garland imagines a United States at war with itself.
- The plot follows three generations of journalists — played by Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Wagner Moura and Stephen McKinley Henderson — on a dangerous trip from New York to Washington, D.C.
- Garland wrote the film during the 2020 election but tells Yahoo Entertainment its release during the 2024 election cycle is coincidental and due to “logistical requirements.”
- While there are some allusions to recent social unrest early in the film, the world of Civil War is wholly fictional and does not concern itself with present-day party politics.
- Promotion for the film hints at a complicated backstory with multiple distinct factions vying for power — but one of Civil War’s greatest strengths is that almost none of this is explained and it is open to viewer interpretation.
- Garland hopes Civil War will spark earnest conversation about the potential consequences of extremism, “because conversation is the thing that is really struggling to exist in public discourse.”
- — Sam Matthews, executive producer
- April 10, 2024
Apr 10, 2024 · Jessie charms the hard-drinking, on-the-prowl Joel and ends up joining the trio as they drive to Washington, D.C. in hopes of interviewing the president ( Nick Offerman ) before he surrenders to the military forces of something called the WA, or Western Alliance.
Apr 14, 2024 · Civil War review – Alex Garland’s chilling dystopian thriller of journalists in a conflict-riven US. The British writer-director’s searing drama of reporters in the line of fire strips away...
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Apr 12, 2024 · Strictly as a piece of staging, “Civil War” is as vividly detailed a panorama of destruction as I’ve seen since “Children of Men” (2006), or perhaps the Garland-scripted zombie freakout of “28...
Mar 15, 2024 · The writer-director’s much-anticipated look at the horrors of an America violently divided is an impressive technical feat yet an emotionally cold drama. ‘We know why it might happen’: Alex...
Apr 9, 2024 · 'Civil War' review: A haunting portrait of a crumbling United States | AP News. Entertainment. Movie Review: In Alex Garland’s potent ‘Civil War,’ journalists are America’s last hope. 1 of 17 |. This image released by A24 shows Kirsten Dunst in a scene from “Civil War.” (A24 via AP) Read More. 2 of 17 |.
Apr 11, 2024 · ‘Civil War’ Review: We Have Met the Enemy and It Is Us. Again. In Alex Garland’s tough new movie, a group of journalists led by Kirsten Dunst, as a photographer, travels a United...
