CIVIL WAR (15)

Published date12 April 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
California and Texas have seceded from the Union to form the so-called Western Forces. Nine states that make up the New People's Army hold sway in the Pacific Northwest, above a belt loyal to the president, which stands firm against Western Forces and a Florida Alliance comprising eight states that stretch eastwards from Oklahoma

Garland began writing Civil War in 2020 before the presidential election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, which culminated in an attack on the Capitol by supporters loyal to the defeated Republican candidate.

Tension is palpable from the opening frames of this nightmarish road movie, which champions the vital role played by journalists on the front line.

Weary: Dunst as "What kind of American are you?" one soldier (Jesse Plemons) asks a journalist, standing beside a mass grave of casualties who presumably gave an unsatisfactory response.

Garland's picture doesn't flinch from depicting barbarity and Kirsten Dunst cuts a haunting, weary figure as the emotionally numbed war photographer Lee, as...

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