review: CIVIL WAR is one hell of a journalism film
*Warning! This article contains major and detailed spoilers for CIVIL WAR. Please don’t read it unless you’ve seen it. Back in the middle of April, A24 released a poster for their newest film, CIVIL WAR, which depicted a map of the ravaged United States of America. The green one-sheet functioned as an explanation of the reality the film shows as much as it was meant to generate interest by rousing controversy. Even since before it premiered at South by Southwest, the film was shrouded in controversy and the subsequent promotional tour only worsened that. From questions about if it was wise to release a film about a fictional war in an year when Americans will have to go vote for the president to if Alex Garland, who is British, knows anything about American politics and everything in between, CIVIL WAR led to many thinkpieces, but also commercial success (it topped the American box office for two weeks straight). But for all the chatter about the politics it depicts, CIVIL WAR is actua...