What Does Dystopian Film “Civil War” Say About the Current Reality in the US?
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Beyond serving as harrowing entertainment, the film explores real fears about social divides in the contemporary US.
There is a scene two-thirds of the way through the film Civil War, which has seen considerable success at the box office since its release, where it becomes abundantly clear who are the good guys and who are the bad guys. An unnamed soldier, (played by Jesse Plemons), is casually interrogating a group of journalists who have the misfortune of encountering him while he and a comrade are cleaning up...