Alex Garland returns with another original film, and this time he is concerned with the polarized state of the world. "Civil War" is a dystopian road movie, set in a near-future America, as the country has split into different factions and descended into a civil war. In the midst of all of this, a group of reporters and photographers embark on a road trip in hopes of getting an interview with the President, encountering all kinds of people and dangers along the way. It’s a film that’s very successful in certain aspects, and it has its heart in the right place, but does its main point come across as well as it should? Does it actually have all that much to say to begin with? And what in the world is that Texas and California alliance about? Let’s discuss.
