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Civil War is a 2024 dystopian action film written and directed by Alex Garland. The film stars Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Nick Offerman. Its plot follows a team of journalists who travel across the United States during a rapidly escalating Second American Civil War, which has engulfed the entire nation. Civil War had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 14, 2024, to positive reviews. It is scheduled to be theatrically released on April 12, by A24 in the U.S. and by Entertainment Film in the UK. Premise In the near future, a team of journalists travel across the United States during the rapidly escalating Second American Civil War that has engulfed the entire nation, between the American government and the separatist "Western Forces" led by Texas and California. The film documents the journalists struggling to survive during a time when the U.S. Government has become a dystopian dictatorship and partisan extremist militias regularly commit war crimes. Cast Production In January 2022, it was reported that Alex Garland had signed on to write and direct the film for A24, with Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson and Cailee Spaeny to star. In April, Karl Glusman was announced as part of the cast. In a May interview with The Daily Telegraph, Garland described the film as a companion piece to his 2022 film Men, and said it is "set at an indeterminate point in the future–just far enough ahead for me to add a conceit—and serves as a sci-fi allegory for our currently polarized predicament". In the same interview, Sonoya Mizuno was revealed as part of the cast, having appeared in all of Garland's previous films.Principal photography began in Atlanta on March 15, 2022. By May, production had moved to London. The production budget for Civil War was $50 million, making it A24's most expensive film. Release Civil War had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 14, 2024, to a positive response. It is scheduled to be released in the United States by A24 and by Entertainment Film in the UK on April 12, 2024. It was previously scheduled to be released on April 26, 2024. Reception Box office The film is projected to earn $18–24 million in its opening weekend. Critical response Following the SXSW premiere, review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes noted that critics said the film has "a gorgeously shot cautionary tale full of big ideas and a fantastic performance by Kirsten Dunst, but it may surprise some viewers". Critics praised the "beauty and intensity of the dystopian drama", while noting its "potential for controversy and disappointment" due to the effectiveness of its messages. 92% of 37 critics' reviews are positive on the website, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Tough and unsettling by design, Civil War is a gripping close-up look at the violent uncertainty of life in a nation in crisis". Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 77 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.In a positive review, Peter Debruge of Variety wrote, "Garland's the last person to suggest a group hug. As statements go, his powerful vision leaves us shaken, effectively repeating the question that quelled the L.A. riots: Can we all get along?" Robbie Collin of the Telegraph awarded the movie five stars out of five, writing that “The Ex Machina director’s vision of an imploding America is neither anti-Trump nor anti-woke. Instead it’s as riveting as cinema gets.”Lovia Gyarkye of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a positive review, writing, "With the precision and length of its violent battle sequences, it's clear Civil War operates as a clarion call. Garland wrote the film in 2020 as he watched cogs on America's self-mythologizing exceptionalist machine turn, propelling the nation into a nightmare. With this latest film, he sounds the alarm, wondering less about how a country walks blindly into its own destruction and more about what happens when it does." References External links Official website Civil War at IMDb . Discover the Joy Butler popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Joy Butler books.

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