Look out, Americans, because this ain’t your great-great-great-great-great grandfather’s Civil War. I suppose almost 250 years is a solid run for a nation that’s historically been held together by duct tape, bald eagles, and a couple of pieces of paper, but even the largest Western powers aren’t meant to last forever. In “Civil War,” the United States seems to have finally run its course for good. The country has been divided along some oddly fascinating battle lines, with California and Texas teaming up against something called the Florida Alliance. We still don’t actually get any real insight into what the major disagreement at the heart of this story is all about, mind you, but something tells us this movie is keeping certain plot details close to the chest.
From writer/director Alex Garland, “Civil War” stars an impressively stacked cast led by the great Kirsten Dunst, recent “Priscilla” standout and rapidly rising star Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson (of recent “Dune” and “Beau is Afraid” fame), Sonoya Mizuno (reuniting with Garland after “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation”), Wagner Moura, character actor extraordinaire Jesse Plemons, and, of course, Nick Offerman as the President. Expect “Civil War” to arrive in theaters, presumably accompanied by a rocket’s red glare or two, on April 12, 2024, in IMAX.