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‘Civil War’ beholds the rockets’ red glare but not real-world divisions [1]

['Amy Nicholson']

Date: 2024-04-10

The jaw-clenching, bullet-clanging thriller “Civil War” opens with a blurry image of the president of the United States of America. As the president moves into view, we can see he’s played by Nick Offerman and can hear the speech he’s practicing, vague platitudes about vanquishing the insurgents of California and Texas. But even as POTUS’s face comes into focus, writer-director Alex Garland keeps him fuzzy. What are his politics? What could have possibly united blue California and red Texas against him? What year is it? I suspect Garland might answer that specifics are a distraction. No bloodbath is rational.

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[1] Url: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/04/10/civil-war-alex-garland-review/?itid=lk_inline_manual_80

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