Directed by Alex Garland, this film which follows journalists in the middle of the civil war in the United States is not to be missed at the cinema, this Wednesday April 17, 2024.
We don’t know what’s more terrifying about Civil War : staged violence, or the fact that we can totally imagine it happening one day. Either way, it’s a slap in the face. This Wednesday, April 17, 2024, spectators can discover this thriller action film directed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina), which promises to spark debate but will absolutely not leave you indifferent.
The plot of Civil War takes place in a hypothetical not-so-distant future, in the United States. Two of the largest states seceded, triggering an unprecedented civil war in the country. The country is set ablaze, and a group of journalists decide to leave New York for Washington, where the president is holed up, in order to capture the images of the climax of this confrontation.
The Internet user saw Civil War before its cinema release this Wednesday. And it’s a real slap in the face: in less than two hours, the director plunges the viewer into a destroyed America, recalling in this fictional civil war theassault on the Capitol from January 6, 2021. During the various confrontation scenes where the lives of the journalists we follow are in danger, Alex Garland proves that he perfectly masters the art of tension while serving a spectacular staging thanks to with shocking images and impacting sounds.
Little will be known about the nuances of this conflict or the context that led to such tensions, and this is perhaps where the film may lack clarity, but that is mainly because this civil war mainly serves as decorations. In his words, Civil War focuses less on the underside of this political conflict which divides the United States than on the way in which we produce information. By adopting the point of view of journalists, the film pays homage to both their search for truth and their work of transmitting raw and neutral information that questions the power of the image and the dehumanization that ‘results in the absolute quest for the “money shot” or the “quote” at all costs. The interpretations carry the film, Kirsten Dunst in the lead in the role of a veteran photojournalist in the midst of an existential crisis opposite Cailee Spaeny, who narrowly bluffs.
Synopsis – A frantic race through a fractured America which, in the near future, is more on the razor’s edge than ever, from the point of view of journalists.