The premise of how close the US came to the division turning violent was not utilized. Media coverage of war was unrealistic while other movies have better addressed the subject. For me the movie failed to capture the political divide, social polarization, media ethics, challenges faced by reporters or the horrors of war; while all these were central themes here.
Going in I was hoping this to be what "Contagion" was at predicting what a global virus outbreak may look like, and when it actually happened we realised how accurate it was. Civil War lost that potential, not that anyone wants a civil war to start but the story just isn't well thought out. It was clearly aimed at leaders like Trump, who may come to power again but the fact that people actually support such leaders and that the general public is willing to take extreme measures to ensure they remain in power is completely missing here. Only secret service is defending the president in the movie while in reality the January 6th DC attacks did happen.
The only good thing was the trailer and performances for which a 6 is generous rating.
Going in I was hoping this to be what "Contagion" was at predicting what a global virus outbreak may look like, and when it actually happened we realised how accurate it was. Civil War lost that potential, not that anyone wants a civil war to start but the story just isn't well thought out. It was clearly aimed at leaders like Trump, who may come to power again but the fact that people actually support such leaders and that the general public is willing to take extreme measures to ensure they remain in power is completely missing here. Only secret service is defending the president in the movie while in reality the January 6th DC attacks did happen.
The only good thing was the trailer and performances for which a 6 is generous rating.
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