{"id":35637,"date":"2024-04-17T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35637"},"modified":"2024-04-16T22:22:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T02:22:22","slug":"civil-war-2024-written-directed-by-alex-garland-starring-kirsten-dunst-wagner-moura-cailee-spaeny-stephen-mckinley-henderson-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35637","title":{"rendered":"“Civil War” (2024) written & directed by Alex Garland, starring Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny & Stephen McKinley Henderson \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Civil War <\/strong><\/em>(2024)<\/p>\n

Director: Alex Garland<\/strong><\/p>\n

Screenplay: \u00a0Alex Garland
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Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Offerman, Jefferson White, Nelson Lee, Evan Lai, Stephen McKinley Henderson<\/strong> and Jesse Plemons<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tagline: Welcome to the frontline<\/em><\/p>\n

The Plot…<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the near future the United States is deeply involved in a civil war.\u00a0 A third-term President controls the military of the loyalist states.\u00a0 Texas and California have formed an alliance called the Western Forces.\u00a0 Florida along with several southern states are part of the Florida Alliance.\u00a0 Despite the President’s assurances to the nation that victory is near, rumors float that the rebels are close to bringing down the current administration.<\/p>\n

Lee (Dunst), a famous war photographer, and her reporter partner Joel (Moura) plan to get to Washington, D.C. to cover the end of the President’s regime.\u00a0 They end up bringing along Sammy (McKinley Henderson), an older reporter friend, and Jessie (Spaeny), a young woman who dreams of being a war photographer.<\/p>\n

As the four travel from New York City to DC, we see first hand the effect the war is having on citizens and soldiers.\u00a0 Not all will survive…<\/p>\n

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s interesting that although writer\/director, Alex Garland worked to keep the story politically neutral, some viewers are assigning their political beliefs to the film.\u00a0 Although the President is serving a third term, we don’t know what led to that.\u00a0 The President is described in the film as a fascist, which is a term that has been applied to leaders of both US political parties.<\/p>\n

Often in the film, it’s hard to tell if the soldiers are loyalists or rebels.\u00a0 In one particular scene, two soldiers and our foursome are pinned down by a sniper.\u00a0 We never learn the affiliation of the sniper or soldiers.\u00a0 We only know that someone is trying to kill them before they can kill him.<\/p>\n

I believe that Garland’s goal is to get people talking about the film and to show that war is hell. At one point in the film, Dunst’s character says something to the effect that her job is to get the shot and the viewer’s job to ask the questions.\u00a0 That’s a great way to describe Garland’s outlook with the film.\u00a0 He made the movie and it is the audience’s job to ask questions to get to the answers.<\/p>\n

There are several tense scenes both in and out of battle. We see the best and worst in people from both the loyalists and the rebels.\u00a0 There are several scenes that will stick with the viewer long after the movie has ended.\u00a0 Hopefully it will also leave the viewer with thoughts \/ questions.\u00a0 Some that came to me were…<\/p>\n