Shot in a hypothetical near future, the feature film goes behind the cameras of a team of war correspondents who try to capture the rawness of a war conflict between the forces of Western California and Texas against the federal government of the United States.
In their roles as photographers, American actresses Kirsten Dunst and Cailee Spaeny, along with Brazilian Wagner Moura as a journalist, portray the road to Washington, where the story must conclude with the overthrow of the executive in power and the expected execution of the nation’s president. , played by Nick Offerman (The last of Us).
Atypical, this road movie narrates the cruelty of war through dangerous scenes, common in this type of film, while showing another possible side of a country that is still trying to free itself from the traces of the assault on the Capitol on the 6th. January 2021.
But be careful, “Civil War”, released by the production company A24, is not only impactful because of the harshness of the frames taken by the cameras, often in black and white to instill greater drama, but also because of the changes that happen in the lives of reporters in search of success at all costs.
Accompanied by excellent sound design and striking photography, “Civil War” can be translated as a reflection on politics, society and the future, “a wake-up call,” according to Lovia Gyarkye of The Hollywood Reporter.
In his opinion, this dystopian action film, told in 109 minutes, explores the dangers that the United States could face if it continues on a path of self-destruction.
For the critic of The New York Times, Manohla Dargis, in the film, released in this country and in the United Kingdom in April, there is no possibility of fulfilling Hollywood’s imperative for happy endings, so deeply rooted and US.
The very premise of Garland’s film (Ex-Maquina, Exterminio) means that… a happy ending is impossible, which makes it very hard to watch, he added.
Rarely have I seen a film that has made me so uncomfortable or seen the face of an actor who, like Dunst’s, expresses the hopelessness of a nation so vividly that it looks like an X-ray, the journalist wrote.
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