Civil War Review

Civil War review by Raphael Motamayor at SXSW. In theaters April 12, 2024
Civil War delivers a challenging, thrilling, heart-pounding movie about the importance of journalism in times of conflict, about how easily we become desensitized to violence when we’re living through it. Writer-director Alex Garland gives the story the scope and visual style of a massive summer blockbuster, but keeps the focus on the journey the characters take and how war affects them.
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[@Shackleford_Rusty]

“We never learn what started the civil war” - 3rd term president

[@midnightwriter9658]

Obama??

[@krill6969]

@@midnightwriter9658are you alright? He served two terms.

[@mr.lockwood1424]

@@krill6969facts don’t matter to the likes of him. Matters only how he feels.

[@NateGH36O]

@@midnightwriter9658 Are... are you ok?

[@Evilshrimp02]

@@krill6969 Oh you thought Obama actually left? You're funny.

[@coltonallgire1135]

Maybe the real civil war were the friendships we made along the way....

[@D.M.S.]

Ah..yes

[@chrismichaelis7259]

Makes sense

[@Candyman2020_]

The civil war started after IGN’s Resident Evil 5 video

[@jacktodd3439]

No one is on IGN side

[@shlokwaghela9560]

Great job making your point heard on a completely separate video by someone else

[@_Cetarial]

@@jacktodd3439Some are.

[@UnwaveringBackBone]

​@@shlokwaghela9560why are you so unhappy 🙁

[@shlokwaghela9560]

@@UnwaveringBackBone You are the unhappy one if you feel that writing this comment here is a bold move lmao

[@marcus_ohreallyus]

A lot of people are going to project their own political ideas/fantasies onto this movie and not actually review it in an unbiased way.

[@junkyard014]

Oh they are already doing that, especially on Facebook.

[@XGrimzukiX]

The show will undoubtedly demonize the right, let’s quit pretending- this is Hollywood people.

[@D.M.S.]

Which is probably the intention to show everyone their pointless worldviews. Except US-Americans won't get it.

[@Oksa_L]

Talking apolitically about a movie that is about a civil war? How do you do that if youre not flat out ignoring most of the situation? Civil war is one of thr most political situations and ignoring that is kinda weird and pointless. It would be like reviewing musicals and never mentioning music.

[@marcus_ohreallyus]

@@Oksa_L it's still a movie, with filmmaking, acting and musical scoring. Alex Garland's artistry could get lost in the politics. By the way, while we're being political, the conservatives want a civil war, because they're the ones with guns and the attitude that they're the true patriots. They're wrong

[@tamasmarcuis4455]

In a real civil war there would be more factions as well as foreign military involvement.

[@thenathanimal2909]

No foreign military with a brain would intervene in a modern US civil war. The capability and cost of force projection is beyond all of Europe and China. 80% of their troops would be at the bottom of the Pacific and Atlantic before they got within 1000 miles of our coast. Mexico and South America can't even control their own territories. Canada would be best served by simply sitting on the sidelines.

[@krystalneko4094]

More factions yeah, foreign military nah except for like one or two experimental expeditionary or advisor forces at best and that's still a big if. This country is geographically impossible to conquer from the outside and probably inside too and we're surrounded by ocean and significantly weaker countries. Honestly if/when we do break apart Canada and Mexico might not exist for very long afterwards, the amount of refugees alone would cripple both their economies multiple times over and their defense capabilities are like a fraction of a fraction of ours, so whatever major factions exist would easily be able to solo them if they need more territory

[@lonniesides9302]

​@@krystalneko4094If one of the factions "invites" a foreign power say, China well that's plausible. The Chinese would do (as you said) perform an advisory role ORRRRRR theybwould actively participate in direct action agianst some of the other factions. To me, there will not be a ACW 2.0.

[@zachhoward9099]

@@krystalneko4094the Federal Government would lean on Mossad HARD to help out with intelligence gathering if there was ever a mass secession movement.

[@Kennyisdarkvanilla]

There would be no foreign military. Trust me every other nation wants to see us tear each other apart.

[@jamesrippy1161]

Go watch the 2 season show “Jericho”. The country gets split into 3 blocks: Western & Eastern blocks with the Mississippi river as the border & Texas as an independent country.

[@Slysandy82]

Babylon

[@HenryDorsettCase]

Jericho was phenomenal. Such a shame it was cut down before it could really spread its wings.

[@Tony27654]

Such a great show that got cut way too short

[@MarsGundam]

Lol, I'm literally looking at the box set on my shelf. Maybe I'll watch a few episodes Sunday afternoon.

[@comradehasan]

Texas better go back to Mexico ❤

[@TexasProSIM]

Jericho, a tv series from nearly 20 years ago shows the best depiction of a modern civil war imo.

[@Matthias9319]

Great series, sad it stopped after two seasons.

[@eldritchmorgasm4018]

​@@Matthias9319There is a continuation as a comic, with 2 more seasons. Then THAT got cancelled, or put on ice...

[@mtns340]

It was a really slow build up, but all the pieces started coming together about halfway through season 1. Too bad the show didn't connect with a bigger audience.

[@g0nk_droid]

@@Matthias9319 IIRC the second season was like a half season as well. Pain

[@kod4130]

Revolution tv series was also a great depiction of the second civil war

[@dfmrcv862]

"The moment you start to think about the logic of the conflict the less it makes sense." Yeahhhh, that's most action movies nowadays, aren't it?

[@DrMcMoist]

Yes it aren't.

[@user-od9ki3np1k]

​@@DrMcMoistit sure aren't.

[@Groudon22759]

It aren’t.

[@vishwathramachandran]

To be fair, logic was never a big factor in action movies.

[@drunknmasta90]

Yes they isn’t

[@derrickdavis7524]

Really safety conscious pilots flying with their nav lights on in combat.

[@thenathanimal2909]

It's safety "FIRST", not safety "SECOND"

[@sammas2959]

Junk movie.

[@Tango_Mike]

Gives me major Division 2 vibes.

[@Derivedwhale45]

Oh it does 💯

[@Joshtapus]

Reminded me of the battle of Washington DC from MW2 at the end. A very sad but entertaining war film.

[@MohamadSalmanAlfarisi]

9 for Final Verdict

[@laverdadescatolica5]

You’re a champ for this 😊

[@JynxedKoma]

69

[@ValeFero]

Wtf is the reviewer smoking. This movie is really bad, like bad bad.

[@Arbiter8114]

why is the review out a whole month before the movie comes out

[@Dridgeism]

SXSW Premiere

[@virus2.012]

It premiered at SXSW

[@aplleyva]

IGN typically release reviews before most others

[@Spiqaro]

Look at when their review of The Black Phone came out, versus when the movie finally came out.

[@jonathaneglin2325]

Looks like Pedro Pascal's understudy 😂

[@anthonyjames3870]

Wagner Moura played Pablo Escobar in the Narcos serous with Pedro pascal, you should watch it

[@jonathaneglin2325]

@@anthonyjames3870 Yes, he was great in Narcos.

[@jflores85]

​@@jonathaneglin2325 he was also great in Elysium

[@arcticredpanda4598]

you're telling me that's not Pedro

[@TitanCrit]

The first 10 seconds you say you don't know the reason of the war.... Yet in the trailers it is stated that the president was elected for a third term.

[@thomasdemmery8814]

That's not necessarily the reason for the war though, but rather a consequence of it, perhaps?

[@Howtohandlemebaby8173]

That’s not necessarily the reason for a civil war to begin you dumbass.

[@GreatBigRanz]

Why would congress allow that That would not be a reason for both Texas and California to Seceded then join forces

[@GreatBigRanz]

@@mogensgallardo3288 Except that A constitutional amendment was passed to limit the number of terms a president can serve.

[@richard1493]

@@mogensgallardo3288FDR serving for four terms was the driving reason that term limits were imposed in the first place.

[@peybak]

The civil war started when that dude drank my last beer.

[@garycargill64]

Sorry about that, mate. I'm scottish, and the drink looked so lonely not getting drunk by me.

[@loafoffloof3420]

the civil war started when a time traveler stepped on the wrong rock

[@NickolaiVolkov]

That sonofa.... :)

[@MbahMu9829]

Tuffir hawat left Planet Arakis for this....

[@blacktronpavel]

There was time for the actor to film both. It's unfortunate he was cut from DUNE 2.

[@RobertK1993]

​@@blacktronpavel He be in deleted scenes if Warner Bros Pictures release them.

[@cgdimension]

If you look closely, you can see a slim white cat in the back of the car they are in, and in some shots you see milk round his mouth;)

[@vulkan8093]

Well from these comments, we ain't ever coming together. 😅

[@natedlc854]

Lmao exactly what the movie warns about and it seems everyones missing

[@jon.p.]

You don't know how the Civil War 2.0 started? Oh I'll tell you why. *SPOILERS* it all started when the former municipal parks Director from Indiana unexpected win, thus, grabbing the reigns of power from the incumbent US President who happens to be a former colleague. A very election upset.

[@bryanutterback4074]

Haha

[@keithjackson2035]

It all started because of the rising cost of bacon

[@MrPukestick]

This is reminding me of Children of Men. The dystopian future deep down we all know is coming.

[@MrFernanrc]

kind of sad those who run our country are planning this.

[@rubemorenoo]

The camera work especially!

[@Rekonstructio]

This future is coming since 70s…. And it’s feeding the paranoia in some like never before 😂

[@josealqueres]

Oh... please! Children of Men is 1000x better than this piece of crap.

[@MasterOogwayWisdom]

Suprised 9?

[@JynxedKoma]

69

[@brentfisk4549]

Hats off to Alex Garland for filming a documentary a year before it happens.

[@johnshelton22]

Anytime in the next 1-5 years something is gonna pop off, the powerderkeg is full

[@_Cetarial]

Why are all of you so bloodthirsty?

[@brentfisk4549]

@@_Cetarial making a statement of fact is hardly bloodthirsty. Have you seen how divided this country is? Do you honestly think the conservatives and leftist/communists of this country are ever going to coexist with each other? No, one side will push the other into a corner, and violence will ensue. That's just the natural course of mankind.

[@TheGrandpaLore]

@@_Cetarial They said the same thing in the 80s.

[@greyfox79007]

@@TheGrandpaLore The math was different in the 80's we had just lost Vietnam and Iran but still had things going our way the economy turned around, .............today we have lost Afghanistan, and Iraq wars and are currently losing Ukraine, and Israeli wars. Countries can bounce back from losing a war, but four back to back and then economy is pretty much a had a sham recovery and is about to go into another one that is biblical levels of civil tension about to be released soon.

[@KillerTacos54]

A24 never misses

[@toothbrushfromnisemonogatari]

This one looks like a miss 😂

[@thechantedWhite]

Tom Clancy’s the division irl version

[@morganbrown392]

The infection that started in NYC was the catalyst for a Civil War in Part 2? I never got around to playing.

[@rubenlopez3364]

@@morganbrown392In part 2 it’s explained that during the chaos the President is assassinated then there’s 2 or more groups of politicians and rich people trying to claim control of the Government and the rest of the country

[@EricGranata]

Does Robert Evans get a cameo?

[@1IGG]

Nice one. Who doesn't get the reference, google "Behind the bastards Robert Evans". Also he wrote stories about a civil war.

[@TheDrLeviathan]

Does the Blue Apron Island make a cameo?

[@Brownyman]

“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” -By Rafael Motamayor

[@BenHopkins1000]

That’s Plato

[@bitcoinethereum9702]

As soon as Todd from Breaking Bad showed up EVERYONE knows exactly what was gonna happen LOL

[@emilxert]

Jesse is back as an unhinged psycho

[@hasanrahman9366]

The fact that uncle Sam made this movie a reality in multiple South American, Middle Eastern & African countries is truly ironic.

[@andrewwiggins7763]

It was called foreign intervention

[@JustinMShaw]

@@andrewwiggins7763 Or officially "protecting our interests," unofficially, "bowing down to the almighty dollar."

[@malcolmliang]

They actually drop many hints about what led to it Spoiler below ⭐ - - - From dialogues it is implied - Third term president - GAS $300 half tank and people prefer foreign currency instead of USD - Civilians bombed by air strikes - Antifa got 'massacred' - Local groups gaining power (Boogaloo boys won fights in the movie)

[@BeardOfRiker]

They also said POTUS eliminated the FBI.

[@kellyeaton7252]

You are mistaken on multiple points. We don't know whether Antifa was massacred, or the committed the massacre. Gas was $300 in the middle of a war zone where almost certainly digital transactions would have broken down and one faction's tender would not be accepted by the other faction, meaning converting from one currency to the other would be very expensive. Civilians being bombed by air strikes happened after the war broke out. Sub factions would have not caused the war, but been a by-product. Only the 3 major factions would have been integral to the outbreak of civil war.

[@slickrick646]

All of those reasons could have happened after the war started also

[@koop2014]

IGN's goofy scoring consistency, or lack of, is still so funny

[@veraseb]

Still having trouble understanding the concept of different reviewers having different opinions?

[@Darkdiver28]

@@veraseb That's just a bad way of "Scoring". If different reviewers judge a movie by different standards every time then where is the consistency of the rating? There is none. So in the end it doesn't matter what score it gets. IMO they should ditch the score and just say "in my opinion". If they wish to assign a number then judge things by the same standard.

[@ryanpetty8843]

Can we all just stop long enough to recognize the irony in ones ability to look at the current sociopolitical landscape, just to turn around and exploit it for financial gain being probably the most American thing one could ever do?

[@LeonSteelpaw]

Your not wrong

[@drownthepoor]

Can we all just stop long enough to realize that this is a review of, not a movie, but a movie TRAILER because they know people will click on it and generate financial gains. Is that not the most American thing one could ever do? Also, when speaking of people doing inane things for money you could look to many countries outside of America where money is far more precious. Money is thrown away in the USA because even our poor aren't truly poor.

[@unprofessionallyamateur6354]

While also apparently not having the backbone to actually acknowledge said sociopolitical climate head on

[@helpumuch6887]

Capitalism baby

[@acslater017]

@@unprofessionallyamateur6354I think we should see the film for ourselves before judging. Sometimes it’s best for a film to focus on the ground level experience of its characters instead of getting bogged down in politics. In any case if the film weighed in too heavily on political specifics, I’m sure it would equally or even more so get criticized for taking sides or caricaturing the culture war, being ham-fisted social commentary, etc.

[@catrinawang4929]

Makes you wonder if American history will eventually fall into the pattern laid out at the start of Three Kingdoms: the realm, long divided, must unite; and long united, must divide.

[@ace448]

More like Rome. The democracy will slowly crumble under increasing corruption. A charismatic leader will sieze control , be assassinated by the statuss quo, a civil war will break out. Eventually a strong and ruthless leader will take control. However his inheritors of power will be successively worse. Leading to more war and conflict and eventual fragmentation.

[@BussinandDiscussin]

This country atm seems like Rep Dem and Hard Right

[@loafoffloof3420]

Nah, we got our Canadian brothers in the north and our Mexican bros in the south to vibe check us. Plus unlike China, America does not have nation wide farmers or a conscription system to keep the population of the people up to such extent. Much like the aftermath of the American civil war and after slave farming plantations were dissolved, albeit slowly and not ideally the losers and ex-confederates who wanted to keep their practice up just left for another environment that allowed them to continue living a lifestyle which suited them such as Brazil and many other places in Latin America

[@alloverdaplace2043]

Any avengers in this?

[@mr.joshua6818]

Captain Klan

[@fodetoure1576]

Post credits

[@TheFBoner]

Mary Jane

[@naturalfreeness322]

Current situation, in less you been living in a cave, 2024 Congress is at 12 percent, reflecting a Record low, border crisis, record low birth rate, all-time-low ranking this year's in Happiness. hyper-tribalized politics, when life is stranger than fiction.

[@dadofducks]

FJB

[@mikemullen8174]

March 2024 this is a drama, November 2024, it could be a documentary.

[@marcgranger4786]

We filmed this In New Orleans it was a really fun shoot, A24 is a great production company

[@jamiehobson6336]

We can all agree on thing and it is a statement the fallout games gave us, 'war, war never changes'

[@wahtusy3519]

Will be watching this. It will open tomorrow here in the Philippines

[@ryanell666]

Quite a contradiction in the movie, when said it celebrates the work journalism does, but it was journalism that would be the driving force of any Civil War that could happen.

[@babagalacticus]

"...the driving force of any Civil War ..." is pretty much the type large stupidity of the HUMAN MALE brohim; it certainly wasn't 'journalism' that ignited the opening strains of the HOT american civil war (which never ended btw, it just became a COLD war. you DO understand the difference between a COLD & a HOT war right?)

[@peterpain6625]

Calling far right proto facist pundits like Faux News, Newsmaxx or Alex Jones and the like "journalism" is really pushing it ;)

[@harunkarali720]

A24 + Garland at the helm. This one of the most anticapted films this year, up there with Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

[@adamstern5116]

Sorry to burrs your bubbles just got out and it’s the worst Garland film, worst A24 film and probably the worst Kirsten Dunst film. It doesn’t know what kind of movie it is and the script is awful.

[@aplleyva]

Boy A24 is hoping to make their money back on this one vs Beau is Afraid

[@Kingnome]

Thanks for the honest review! So many reviews going hard left or right on it.

[@lubaniskie]

The opening commentary to this review is crazy. You're telling me this faction-based movie's biggest flaw is that it's not an accurate depiction of what you see on the news?

[@mikeoxmaul9675]

Hope we get a prequel on how the civil war started ..

[@duckmeat4674]

If you saw the movie, it didn't really matter. 3rd term president, disbanding FBI, sounds like a president who decided to be a dictator

[@thenotoriusg]

You do?

[@yonishassan28]

What the civil war film taught me is that independent journalism is needed. If you have a smartphone or a google phone, you can Chromecast the war and take pics and livestream the event. This will show the entire world on Chromecast and on youtube. Camera's are essential and needed as well. And be grateful for having a smartphone.

[@Dandoskyballer]

Ws aren't going to have cell service during a genuine Civil War. These things will be bricks.

[@vikthorcafe7]

Moura He's such an underrated actor

[@Native722]

Can't Wait!

[@bryanwashington1094]

That's where Thufir has been !

[@cruznix4741]

Trying to make a civil war film in contemporary era without alienating portions of the audience?

[@youtubeann]

They lost me when they think california and texas would join forces.

[@abhi4ify]

Thats the beauty reviewer is talking about .. to think of such dire scenarios where two such opposite states decided to join forces

[@sammas2959]

Sh@!t happened; maybe Republican took over California!

[@ulyssesfraire]

It's totally feasible. A demagogue a la DT gets elected for a second term, then, unconstitutionaly runs for a third term rigging the election for him to win. California is pissed because a right wing demagogue gets a third term and screams, "this is is unconstitutional" and secedes. Then, Texas being a staunch unconditional supporter of the 2nd Ammendment, recognizes the tyrranical nature of this third term president, urges its citizens to raise arms against said government and unites with California to overthrow this tyrranical president. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

[@skratchywilliams4CT]

WAIT SO MARRY JAINE IS REPORTING ON THE CIVIL WAR IN THE M.C.U.?

[@s7robin105]

If the cause of the conflict is never addressed that itself weakens the message about journalism. How and why was it allowed to reach this point? what was the trigger issue? was it a single issue or multiple? Without addressing the cause the message just becomes a bland one we hear over and over without any meaning behind it. "War is bad" without knowing why the war even started. Is any side in the right or is it just a blood sport for fun?

[@speider]

The cause isn't the subject of the movie. Intentionally. You can safely assume that there was a lot of journalism covering that exact topic when it broke out, but some journalists have to cover different things. We follow journalists who'se not trying to figure out the cause, and we, the audience, can safely assume that the reason is known to them, and unimportant for the film.

[@richardgaotama3466]

Its justifiable though, since the angle this movie takes is that of common people and not the ruler and most people during such turbulent era tend to only have scarce info of the wider conflict.

[@g9ames]

No we aren't aware that there is a Civil War going on and neither is this film called Civil War.

[@nateman79]

Yeah…. This is totally about the struggle of modern journalism 🤦….

[@DanNguyen-vm9gg]

*WAR* Journalism. BIG Difference. About 100 journalists have died so far documenting the conflict over in Gaza

[@Howtohandlemebaby8173]

War journalism is still alive and kicking

[@XGrimzukiX]

@@Howtohandlemebaby8173no lol propaganda is alive and kicking. Real war journalism showed everything- the whole picture. Modern “journalism” propaganda is the appropriate term. Cuts out and removes all parts that may make you sympathetic. They skew everyone perception and that’s not journalism, it’s programming.

[@sammas2959]

Yeah, struggle to be a target like Lee at the end.

[@nateman79]

@@sammas2959a fictional character based on 🐂💩? I want to waste my time trying to see things through the eyes of that?

[@damienhine1861]

The civil war started after GTA6/Elder Scrolls 6 came out and were disappointing titles filled with microtransactions.

[@noelv1976]

Alex Garland movie? I’m in!

[@fred6907]

Prepare to be extremey disappointed. His worst movie yet.

[@leecroft7311]

The film looks awesome

[@sammas2959]

Yes, video quality!! Junk for those who embrace reality!!

[@Dandoskyballer]

It has awesome moments, but the movie isn't great. It lacks substance. The plot is pointless.

[@VulcanRedux]

It’s ironic that the civil war started April 12th 1861 now we just make a movie on it and release it April 12 2024 😂 wtf

[@stevenwebber7356]

for what it aimed to be, in my opinion it does not match the heights of a film like Salvador (1986)

[@GreenFoodMan]

Is this really a review if it's glowing and speaks of np negative? Hard to buy

[@seabookfarno8656]

**IGN leave Resident evil 5 alone. Seriously it's a great game in and of itself. CHRIS FREAKIN REDFIELD HAPPY TO SEE HIM BACK AND HIS BSAA UNIFROM IN IT!** (love the previous horror based trilogy games, but 4,5, and yes even 6 served their purpose being ACTION-horror game titles.)

[@jammybot2529]

6/10 it was decent but could have been so, SO much better.

[@xijinbling2373]

Revolution, yes, civil war no.

[@dilibau]

IGN rated it a solid 9

[@c0leo6]

This scored higher than dune 2??

[@EpicPianoArrangements]

Seems right… Dune part two was bloody awful

[@RaymondStormbl3ssed]

@@EpicPianoArrangementsyou’re like the first person I’ve heard that from

[@pvcore]

Dune was a pg 13 adult babies movie. Not Civil War

[@shefalichow7917]

@@RaymondStormbl3ssed Get out more from your bubble.

[@christopherware4883]

Field journalists are the lifeblood of the trade. People like Ernie Pyle, and Joe Galloway come to mind. But since the immergence of networks they have taken a different route and will do whatever the highest bidder says to report. It's a shame to see such a legacy sullied by division politics and greed.

[@Mogget01]

Lol, a movie about US journalists accurately reporting on the state of the Union. So it’s a sci fi movie?

[@TheinterfaceTvSeries]

You got that right! 😂🤣

[@patangman2117]

To be fair, most journalists do a great job reporting on what is going on. Most big Media companies don't employee journalists. Most of them either do news hours (fluff) and punditry (opinion as fact). And as a result people confuse real journalism working for small news papers and self employed digital media outlets, with legacy Medias slide into narratives to shape opinion.

[@Eddie_Bx73]

Where does it say they are Fox News reporters?

[@ppachura]

@@patangman2117 To be fair, most journalists do a great job of reporting what their CIA handlers tell them to say.

[@johnnymidnight2982]

@@patangman2117 An article states that the characters are two Reuters journalists, a journalism student and one rogue New York Times writer. So yeah, the NYT writer got fed up with the spin doctors and goes off with the mavericks.

[@12oshinko]

The trailer lost me when it allied Texas with California. No thanks

[@orlock20]

Maybe the Mexican immigrants from Texas took over California and the army is a bunch of Mexican drug lords and rednecks.

[@thalunizz21]

The reason for the civil war and the reason Texas and California joined forces has to be believable. 😂

[@SemperSalam]

Less controversial to team up a red and blue state.

[@jmil843]

Texas and non Los Angeles California have a LOT in common lol

[@CharifRocka]

​@@jmil843Right! 😂

[@Illier1]

They're so afraid of pissing people off ultimately this just means nothing when you can't even explain why this is happening.

[@Illier1]

@@jmil843 You just mean the northern half. Unless you admit Texans also like San Fransisco

[@flubber11usa7]

"Celebrating the bravery of journalism" while there are literally men and women fighting and dying for their causes all around them

[@kellyeaton7252]

If you don't think journalism is more impactful to a war effort than bullets, you've never looked into the Vietnam War.

[@shuishisbisnisnkonsojdnomd8753]

To my is a 7/10 Solid but the fact that we don’t know how or why it started and what’s gonna happen at the end is just disappointing.

[@danielbutler640]

9 out of 10 😂🤯 Compelling characters and narrative... nope shallow and lacks depth which is fundamental in storytelling. The film is a 3 / 10 😴 The Fallout comparison what you smoking ign?

[@RSTBKT]

Thought the geography of this civil war was illogical from what everyone is saying

[@youtubeann]

Exactly. California and Texas would never align.

[@youtubeann]

Exactly . California and Texas would never align

[@michaelgrzybkowski]

Where's Captain America ?

[@ewash1984]

Better yet the dark knight

[@justincarson2801]

you guys have nothing bad to say about the movie and you give it a 9

[@PeterZeeke]

so?

[@XGrimzukiX]

It’s because it’s gonna paint the right as the ultimate American evil

[@kevinhone7526]

This movie feels too real even though this tragic event never happened? Which is more shocking then ever?

[@Ghostnanana]

Where spiderman?

[@TheWaynos73]

America 2025 post election?

[@LoganMiracle-ym5pj]

This movie is excellent actually one of the first times IGN got something right 😂

[@harkonnen4370]

3 factions? Well that's smth new.

[@naturallawgiver]

Have you heard of Yugoslavia?

[@momentary_]

4 factions if you count the states loyal to Washington DC a faction.

[@joselovelife8636]

cant wait

[@warehousing2953]

Not plausible? Come on, this is one of Billy Meier's prophecy.. 😆

[@skiletkilla]

This is basically dmz with more characters

[@Bhead69]

“Importance of journalism” 🤣🤣 they are about as trusted now as the government

[@anattasunnata3498]

Journalism is useful and important. Our current forms of journalism, not so much. But this fact should not make us cynical about journalism in general (nor about government in general).

[@zackhughes2437]

@@anattasunnata3498your either a Russian bot or an FBI Agent.

[@jackied962]

alright but who wins?

[@flannellemur4818]

It’s war in the homeland, no one wins

[@dmaster001]

Spoilers: The Western Forces.

[@Graystaff]

It looked like a bad Gerard Butler movie without Gerard Butler.

[@barry6768]

Hahahaa best line ever

[@Cochino52]

Like DMZ

[@fosterkennel649]

Just in time for the election year blessings

[@jflores85]

There is no information about the cause? Wtf!

[@thenotoriusg]

It's basically not even about the war, it's a movie about war photography.

[@Xander-86]

"After the elections" the movie.

[@josealqueres]

Just watched it.. It's like a film made by a director fresh out of college... laughable, without depth and without an interesting story to tell. 3/10.

[@familyguy1530]

Hey imagine this review came out in February 😂😂😂

[@TheGalacticGeek]

This video is like watching a broken record, repeating the same scenes over and over again...

[@quickstep101]

You wanna watch the entire movie here?

[@nerag7459]

They are clearly only allowed/have access to, the trailer.

[@Ray__E]

Avoiding spoilers

[@k--music]

Were they supposed to pirate it and show unreleased clips

[@nerag7459]

@@k--music Yes and get a copyright strike for my amusment!

[@kadarabdullahi]

It's kinda funny to me that the media, the biggest part of sowing a civil war, is the main protagonist here lol!

[@aaronbenhaggai973]

Been wanting to watch this movie and definitely gonna be watching

[@hms2407]

A24 never disappoints

[@shazbazzy]

I’ll watch

[@TattoozNTech]

4 factions, not 3: Western Forces, Florida Alliance, New People's Army, and the Loyalist States.

[@diifredz3659]

What are thier discriptions for ..

[@Trek_Dad]

look it up online, I'm just reading from the map that was released by A24.

[@miacasta3706]

They gave it a better score than Dune part 2.............

[@Waltersop]

As if that comparison makes any sense

[@IDONTKNOWMILLIGAN]

not comparable, thats like saying eeaao has a higher score than dune 2... of course it does.

[@DwDw-ew1wy]

Taylor swift and Travis Kelce broke up. Civil war ensues……… Let’s not over think this folks.