New 'Civil War' Trailer Shows What a Civil War in Modern America Would Look Like

[ificandream]

Is everyone aware of the new Civil War movie coming in April? I watched the trailer and I'm thinking this is some kind of right-wing propaganda piece, though I hope I'm wrong.

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And here's a short write-up about it

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“Citizens of America. The people of the Florida Alliance and the Western forces of Texas and California will be welcomed back to these United States as soon as their illegal and secessionist government is deposed.” This is how the White House (with Nick Offerman at the helm) addresses all its citizens in the new trailer for ‘Civil War’ (below), the upcoming movie from Alex Garland.

The director of ‘Ex Machina’ and ‘Annihilation’, a master of science fiction and futuristic dystopias, is teaming up with A24 (a guarantee of quality) for another ambitious film whose title leaves little to the imagination. ‘Civil War’ will reflect what a civil war would look like in contemporary America. “In the not-too-distant future, the United States is about to plunge into a conflict that will have catastrophic consequences.”

The film will be released on April 26, 2024, and features a cast full of familiar faces, led by Kirsten Dunst (‘Spider-Man’, ‘Melancholia’), Jesse Plemons (‘Breaking Bad’, ‘The Irishman’), Wagner Moura (‘Narcos’), Stephen McKinley Henderson (‘Fences’ and ‘Lady Bird’) and Cailee Spaeny (‘Priscilla’).

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[Oopsie Daisy]

1. I normally don't enjoy dystopian movies, but this looks like it might be fun to watch.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

2. The director is more of a social satirist/commentator

He did Ex Machina and Annihilation. So I'm guessing it's less RW propaganda and more social commentary. Plus I highly doubt Offerman would be in RW propaganda.

[ificandream]

7. Thank you.

[JustAnotherGen]

3. I'm looking forward to

This movie - and The Regime!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Weird. She is using a film camera (non-digital). . . . nt

[BannonsLiver]

5. I can't wait to miss it.

[themaguffin]

6. I hate that this was made.

[Auggie]

12. Same here

[alfredo]

8. I'll will wait for it to show up at the library or Netflix

[louis-t]

9. I've always imagined a pickup truck full of bearded MAGATs

with their faces painted red, white and blue driving up and down my private road firing AK47s at all of the houses. Of course, by that time I will have obtained a bazooka.......

[Voltaire2]

11. It would be exactly that.

The same maga trucks with idiot flags and stickers, but with a mounted machine gun and a crew of meal team six shitheads.

They will use an app for death delivery.

[Polybius]

10. California aligning with Texas?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

14. My question also.

I can't buy that.

[Shipwack]

15. Maybe northern California...

North part of the state is more conservative. Every once in a while they'll grumble and threaten to leave and make up their own state.

Either way, strategically it would be a bit of a mess for them. Texas and California don't share a common border, so mutual aid would be difficult.

I'll wait 'til the movie is streaming, though

[ificandream]

16. Southern California would be more likely to align with Texas.

They have a lot of right-wingers in that area.

[chowder66]

20. There are pockets in SCA but the most are in Northern CA inland areas and Central CA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_locations_by_voter_registration#:~:text=The%20county%20with%20the%20highest,an%20average%20population%20of%2091%2C776.

[TakeItEasy]

13. I didn't get RW from this at all

In fact, quite the opposite.

Rightwingers don't like it when they are portrayed accurately.

I'll be looking forward to watching this movie.

[brewens]

17. Do they show the part where I'm in a MAGAts driveway hiding behind his car with a switchblade? Guns are noisy! LOL n/t

[CANADIANBEAVER69]

18. watching that trailer reminds me of a book

Swan Song by Robert McCammon. Those scenes are like excerpts from the book. The book takes place in America just before and after nuclear bombs are released in war. The Army of Excellence in the book is MAGA

[Happy Hoosier]

19. No way Nick Offerman would support a right-wing propaganda piece....

I saw his show.... he detests the right-wing nuts.

[flashman13]

21. Utter nonsensical bullshit!

Made for and by people that watch too many mindless movies.

[Gore1FL]

22. I suspect a modern civil war would amount to A-10s against the equivalent of the TX border truck convoy. nt

[NickB79]

23. My feeling was that the President is supposed to be a depiction of a far RW President

I'm getting serious Evangelical Xtian vibes from him in the trailer, and that his party has taken power in DC somehow.

Also at one point in the trailer, it states that the Western Alliance will reach DC by July 4th, which indicates that the government in power is losing badly. It also has the President giving orders to shoot any journalists on sight inside the Capital, which is very RW.

Personally, I think I will go see this. I love a lot of the movies the director has worked on previously.

And if it is what I think it is, it's a good commentary on the worst-case scenario if the far right takes power.

[Xolodno]

24. Well, at least its not a remake.

Or reboot.

Or prequel/sequel no one asked for.

[Polybius]

25. Who wins in the end?

On second thought, don't tell me. I want to be surprised, although I think there's a 99% chance the Union will win again. I can't see them making the Rebels victorious.

[NBachers]

26. Watch for the Hitchcock style Putin cameo.

[pfitz59]

27. The book 'Ecotopia' offers a more likely scenario.

If the US has another civil war, it will likely divide the nation into 4 or 5 warring regions. Far Left coast, Intermountain, Upper Midwest, Deep South and Northeast. I know the gun-humpers have been salivating for the opportunity to use their stockpiles of weapons and ammo. Kyle Rittenhouse was not an aberration; he was a forerunner.

[FrankChurchDem]

29. Great book

[Think. Again.]

28. Maybe glorifying their sick fantasy with....

....high-production modelling isn't such a great idea?

I'm sure it's good for media-industry marketers but there are other considerations involved in building a fan-base for this particular theme.