Jarring, visceral and all too plausible, Alex Garland's Civil War is a must see
Though the setting of Civil War is described as "near-future America," CBC's Eli Glasner says the reporter-led road movie feels like it could be tomorrow. He calls director Alex Garland's movie urgent and visceral — a film not so much about war, but the effect of it.
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![Kirsten Dunst stars in Civil War as Lee, a veteran war photographer who finds herself now documenting her own country's disintegration. In an hazy orange light, a woman holding a camera looks off into the distance.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7168609.1712694267!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/civil-war-kirsten.jpg)
Though the setting of Civil War is described as "near-future America," CBC's Eli Glasner says the reporter-led road movie feels like it could be tomorrow. He calls director Alex Garland's movie urgent and visceral — a film not so much about war, but the effect of it.