STATE OF THE UNION

Published date14 April 2024
Publication titleSunday Sun
Civil War journeys into the heart of darkness with renowned war photo-journalist Lee (Kirsten Dunst) and her journalist pal Joel (Wagner Moura), who are veterans of frontline reportage and wear their cynicism like cheap perfume

Rumours circulate that the Western Forces intend to storm Washington DC on Independence Day, so Lee and Joel embark on a circuitous 857-mile odyssey from New York to the Capitol via Virginia, accompanied by their ageing mentor (Stephen McKinley Henderson) and a 23-year-old aspiring photographer (Cailee Spaeny), whose inexperience is a liability when mortars start to fly.

The nerve-shredding trek takes Garland's picture along highways littered with abandoned cars that recall his first original film script, 28 Days Later, except the monsters here are ordinary men and women not the marauding undead.

Cacophonous and breathlessly staged battle sequences induce the...

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