CIVIL WAR Is A Tale Of Sound And Fury

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Alex Garland’s newest release, CIVIL WAR, has people tying themselves in knots.

Its trailer suggests an apocalyptic America after Texas and California secede. Beige military vehicles race across empty roads. The most memorable image to distill this movie’s conflict is a man in red sunglasses and military fatigues (Jesse Plemons) who responds to the group’s pleas of claiming American brotherhood with a bloody-fingered face scratch and a callous “Ok, what kind of American are you?”