Film No. 27 (2024) May 2nd. 10:00 AM EVENT CINEMAS, Cine 16 Vmax, Innaloo.
"With what we see on the news, it seems like it's for the best" (The jaw dropping comment from a retail assistant Lee and Sammy meet while passing through a small town trying to ignore the war).
NOMINEE: Audience Award (Alex Garland) SXSW Film Festival.
Is CIVIL WAR (CW) a comment about the imperative need for a free press, or, where Alex Garland (EX MACHINA) believes the United States is headed? I think more the latter, but he undoubtedly has strong feelings about the former.
So while CW is a riveting, entertaining watch there is much to be frightened about as the road movie wends its way from California to DC across a country in turmoil. Garland uses the backdrop of civil war (Trump like residue, maybe) to knit a rollicking good story using a series of scenes that grow in tension as our press "go getters", including a work experience rookie, move towards a destiny (The White House) that may not end well.
Kirsten Dunst as Lee, Cailee Spaeny as rookie Jessie, and Stephen McKinley as senior "minister for common sense," Sammy are heroes worth barracking for. The real scene stealer, however, is Jesse Plemons. Oh, he'll menace you, I guarantee it! I'm not sure the ending complements the brilliance that has gone before, but CIVIL WAR is a good yarn. 10GUMS.
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