Writer-director Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation) asks you to suspend all disbelief as you watch the official trailer for Civil War. The idea that individual states could team up and fight the U.S. military isn’t as far-fetched as Garland’s choice to have California and Texas fighting on the same side. The action must be taking place on Earth-2.
Garland’s a brilliant filmmaker, so it’s possible he’ll be able to convince audiences that a universe exists in which California and Texas agree on at least one political issue.
The cast includes Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Nick Offerman, and Sonoya Mizuno from Garland’s Devs television series. Real-life couple Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog) and Jesse Plemons (Killers of the Flower Moon) also star along with Wagner Moura (The Gray Man).
A24 released this brief description of Civil War: “A race to the White House in a near-future America balanced on the razor’s edge.”
The A24 film opens in theaters and IMAX on April 26, 2024.
