Director Alex Garland is back in theaters with “Civil War,” a film depicting a hypothetical second American Civil War. The film has already seen success at the box office, garnering $25.7 million in its debut to mark A24’s biggest-ever opening weekend.
“Civil War” sees a United States that has devolved into full-blown armed conflict. In Garland’s film, U.S. military powers in Texas and California have combined to form the Western Forces. As the film opens, this new secessionist state is descending on Washington, D.C., along with a group of photojournalists, in an effort to oust the authoritarian U.S. president who has turned the United States into a dictatorship.
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