Here’s a new trailer for Alex Garland’s “Civil War.” No surprise, this one’s been embroiled in the culture wars — it’s only going to get more heated as the film’s release date approaches.
The first trailer, released last December by A24, has 14 million views on YouTube. The film has crossed over to the political sphere with many implying that it might mirror an, already divided, America that’s about to explode in political violence this coming November.
It’s a domestic war film, where journalists try to reach the White House as anarchy is seen everywhere. Garland, the mind behind “Ex-Machina” and “Annihilation,” seems to be going for a more conventional approach in his narrative this time around.
The film has “Citizens of America, the so-called Western forces of Texas and California having suffered a very great defeat at the hands of the United States military,” with Nick Offerman portraying the U.S. President.
That’s the least realistic part of the film. I just cannot see a future where California and Texas — two states that couldn’t be more different —combine forces to battle an enemy.
Here’s more of what I wrote last month …
Kirsten Dunst plays a war photographer in a world where government air strikes are used against civilians, and journalists are shot on sight at the Capitol. In the trailer, you notice immense pessimism in the filmmaking, as if Garland’s trying to tell you, “THIS is how bad things can get.”
The film is being released in April 2024, and by that time Donald Trump might have already clinched the Republican nomination, despite multiple indictments set against him, which half the country believes to be political and the other half claims is justified. Meanwhile, the Democrats will no doubt be fighting hard to prevent him from getting re-elected as President.
Should be a fun year.