Civil War (2024)

Director Alex Garland presents us with a dystopian vision of the not-too-distant future. The United States has broken into factions resulting from an increasingly authoritarian government and the secessionist groups that have emerged in its wake. We follow a team of war journalists making the dangerous journey from battle-ravaged New York to Washington, D.C. in order to interview the despotic commander-in-chief. It's all rather predictable in a way, but incredibly compelling, as it offers an even more realistic version of The Purge (and Zombieland) than we've seen depicted on screen before.

Will likely be divisive to folks, but that's probably the point.

3½ photographs to die for out of 5