Civil War (2024)
Civil War soundtrack
- “Lovefingers” performed by Silver Apples
- “Rocket USA” performed by Suicide
- “Say No Go” performed by De La Soul
- “Sweet Little Sister” performed by Skid Row
- “Breakers Roar” performed by Sturgill Simpson
- “Dream Baby Dream – Single Edit” performed by Suicide
Courtesy of radiotimes.com
Civil War is set in the not-so-distant future of America, where there’s a war between the authoritarian American government against the secessionists (led by Texas and California). Even though it’s the “future”, it sure felt like a commentary on the current US government.
The story is about an aspiring young photographer called Jessie, who joins a group of Reuters journalists and war photographers traveling to Washington, DC, from New York to interview the President. Their journey is filled with deadly obstacles.
Every stop along the way and we get glimpses of just how dangerous the world had become. All the violence in the film were overlay with funky or rap songs, making those scenes very jarring.
Up until the third act of the film, it felt like a very low-budget film. It’s at the end of the movie, do we see where the $50 million went. They really pulled out all the stops with the tanks, the helicopters, the explosion, etc. As we see the conclusion, all this bloodshed and deaths, we have to ask ourselves: could this be us in a few years? If this is the path that we are on, let’s change direction for the better.
There are some choices that I wouldn’t have made, but overall, I think Civil War is one of the best films I’ve seen all year.
If you look at Garland’s works, he’s written everything from drama (The Beach), to horror (28 Days Later), to television (Devs), to Sci-Fi (Sunshine), to even video games (Enslaved: Odyssey to the West). Now you can add War film to his résumé. I believe it’s his goal to take on every movie genre. Can’t wait for that Western.
Civil War: Kirsten Dunst and Cailee Spaeny (photo courtesy of New York Times/Murray Close)
