’Civil War’ is a journey into America’s heart of darkness

A group of journalists and photographers set out from New York to Washington DC to interview the US President in the waning days of the Second American Civil War . Embedded with soldiers and partisans along the way, the group witness the violence and bloodshed of a country tearing itself apart at the seams...

Despite its title and the mere fact that a significant number of Americans no longer seem to believe in democracy any more, 'Civil War' is decidedly anti-political.

There's a key moment, very early on in the movie, that speaks to just how messed up this version of America is. It's deep in Manhattan, and a convoy delivering water is being accosted and is about to turn into a riot when, out of nowhere, a suicide bomb is detonated by a woman carrying an American flag right into the middle of it. What makes it even more twisted is Kirsten Dunst's character clocks the flag, not the woman, and instinctively knows to duck and cover.

Even though it comes as an ensemble, it's very much Kirsten Dunst and Cailee Spaeny out in front. For her part, Dunst is able to communicate the smothered anguish and the detachment required in her character without giving over to easy clichés and obvious cues. There's a weathering in her performance that speaks to the sort of inevitability of it all, that her character always knew the surrounding environment was eventually going to happen.

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