Within the close to future, a bunch of struggle journalists try to survive whereas reporting the reality as the USA stands on the point of civil struggle.

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Movie Forged:

• Lee: Kirsten Dunst
• Joel: Wagner Moura
• Jessie: Cailee Spaeny
• Sammy: Stephen McKinley Henderson
• Tony: Nelson Lee
• President: Nick Offerman
• Dave: Jefferson White
• Bohai: Evan Lai
• Concierge: Vince Pisani
• American Soldier (Center East): Justin James Boykin
• Checkpoint Soldier: Jess Matney
• Pete: Greg Hill
• Eddie: Edmund Donovan
• Anya: Sonoya Mizuno
• Hanging Captive: Tim James
• Industrial Soldier Mike: Simeon Freeman
• Industrial Corporal: James Yaegashi
• Commerical Soldier #1: Dean Grimes
• Assist Employee Refugee Camp: Alexa Mansour
• Aged Lady: Martha B. Knighton
• Store Assistant: Melissa Saint-Amand
• Spotter: Karl Glusman
• Sniper: Jin Ha
• WF White Home Sergeant: Jojo T. Gibbs
• WF White Home Assaulter #1: Jared Shaw
• WF White Home Assaulter #2: Justin Garza
• WF White Home Assaulter #3: Brian Philpot
• WF White Home Assaulter #4: Tywaun Tornes
• Pleasure Butler: Juani Feliz
• Militia Soldier (uncredited): Jesse Plemons
• SFC Brown (uncredited): Jeff Bosley
• WF Marine (uncredited): Ryan Austin Bryant
• Injured Marine (uncredited): Brent Moorer Gaskins
• Secret Service Agent (uncredited): Evan Holtzman
• Dying Refugee (uncredited): Cora Maple Lindell
• Refugee (uncredited): Mood Lavigne
• Brooklyn Protester (uncredited): Miles Johnson
• Western Forces Marine / Flag Element (uncredited): Kevin Kedgley
• Soldier (uncredited): Timothy LaForce
• Soldier (uncredited): Randy S. Love
• Soldier (uncredited): Cody Marshall
• Feminine Military Soldier (uncredited): LePrix Robinson
• Marine (uncredited): Simple Ian Radcliffe
• Riot Police / Military Soldier (uncredited): Ernest ‘Scooby’ Rogers
• Guard Marine (uncredited): Daniel Patrick Shook
• US Marine (uncredited): Vinnie Varon
• Warfare Journalist (uncredited): Jaclyn White
• Marine (uncredited): Robert Tinsley

Movie Crew:

• Producer: Andrew Macdonald
• Producer: Allon Reich
• Producer: Gregory Goodman
• Author: Alex Garland
• Director of Images: Rob Hardy
• Editor: Jake Roberts
• Manufacturing Design: Caty Maxey
• Artwork Route: Mark Dillon
• Artwork Route: Jason Vigdor
• Set Ornament: Lizbeth Ayala
• Costume Design: Meghan Kasperlik
• Key Hair Stylist: Deena Adair
• Make-up Artist: Alex Breijak
• Hairstylist: Crystal Broedel
• Make-up Division Head: Ashley Levy
• Hair Division Head: Amy Wooden
• Particular Results Coordinator: Lee Alan McConnell
• Particular Results Supervisor: J.D. Schwalm
• Pyrotechnician: Mike Prawitz
• Visible Results Producer: Michelle Rose
• Stunt Coordinator: Jeffrey J. Dashnaw
• Stunts: Janelle Beaudry
• Stunt Double: Christian Brunetti
• Stunt Double: Luis Fernández
• Stunts: Jeff Galpin
• Stunt Double: Tyler Galpin
• Stunt Double: Crystal Hooks
• Stunts: Remington Steele
• Stunts: Ryan Staats
• Stunts: Felipe Savahge
• Stunts: John Santiago
• Stunts: Dalton Rondell
• Stunts: Adam Rivette
• ADR Recordist: Jennie Shea
• Foley Editor: Robby Brown
• Foley Artist: Zoe Freed
• Sound Results Editor: Danny Freemantle
• Sound Designer: Glenn Freemantle
• Sound Results Editor: Nick Freemantle
• Foley Mixer: Glen Gathard
• Dialogue Editor: Naomi Graham
• Foley Artist: Rebecca Heathcote
• Sound Results Editor: Dayo James
• Sound Results Editor: Robert Malone
• Dialogue Editor: Ian Morgan
• ADR Mixer: Chris Navarro
• Costume Supervisor: Stephanie Logan
• Greatest Boy Grip: Richard Arnold
• Lighting Technician: William Justin Aycock
• Electrician: Zach Beahan
• Dolly Grip: Kelly R. Borisy
• “B” Digicam Operator: Hugh Braselton
• Lighting Technician: Coy Breaux
• Grip: Michael Cape
• Nonetheless Photographer: Murray Shut
• Rigging Grip: Sam Coody
• Rigging Gaffer: Brian Dennis
• Video Help Operator: Fred Duffer
• “C” Digicam Operator: Chris DuMont
• Dolly Grip: Mike Flores
• Rigging Grip: Stoy Fulcher
• Aerial Director of Images: Dylan Goss
• First Assistant “B” Digicam: Daniel Guadalupe
• Second Assistant “C” Digicam: Grayson Guldenschuh
• Second Assistant “A” Digicam: Matthew Haskins
• Gaffer: Todd Heater
• Rigging Grip: Jeremy Hereford
• Rigging Grip: Nicole Higgins
• Further Grip: Mat Irby
• Digicam Technician: Breona Jones
• Grip: Stephen Lamb
• First Assistant Digicam: Jason Lancour
• Lighting Technician: Bruce Leefook
• Lighting Technician: Joseph Mason
• Video Help Operator: Adam Meadows
• Lighting Technician: Dehaven Moore
• Rigging Grip: Tony Murima
• Drone Pilot: Louie Northern
• Electrician: Beaux Petit
• Key Grip: Mackie Roberts
• Grip: Tori Roloson
• Grip: Logan Russell
• Electrician: Terrance Smalls
• Focus Puller: Don Steinberg
• Digicam Operator: David J. Thompson
• Rigging Grip: Rick Turner
• Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: Jeff Wallace
• Casting Assistant: Kaley Boerneke
• Extras Casting: Yasmeen Griffin
• Extras Casting: Laura Mengoni
• Set Costumer: Stacia P Clarke
• Costumer: Madison Divergilio
• Costume Coordinator: Kassia Dombroski
• Costumer: Brianne Freeman
• Set Costumer: Megan Fudge
• Set Costumer: Benj Gibicsar
• Costumer: Emily Good
• Assistant Costume Designer: Jennifer Hryniw
• Tailor: Jared B. Leese
• Dailies Operator: Chelyse Abrams
• First Assistant Editor: Jens Baylis
• Digital Intermediate: Johnathan Wei Dickinson
• Dailies Operator: Heidi Jacobo
• On-line Editor: Gareth Parry
• Digital Intermediate Producer: Alan Pritt
• Dailies Operator: Noah Rodden
• Assistant Editor: Sam Shelton
• Digital Intermediate Colorist: Asa Shoul
• Assistant Editor: Saffron Weaver
• Location Manufacturing Assistant: Austin Armstrong
• Location Scout: Andrew Devlin
• Location Assistant: Lindsay Henefer
• Assistant Location Supervisor: James Billy Hill III
• Assistant Location Supervisor: Lowell Lambert
• Assistant Location Supervisor: Hana Lowe
• Location Supervisor: Kellie Morrison
• Assistant Location Supervisor: Melissa Mortensen
• Assistant Location Supervisor: Cherie New
• Location Assistant: Alex Olino
• Assistant Location Supervisor: Angeline Santivasci
• Location Coordinator: Daniel Sortet
• Assistant Location Supervisor: Jeff D Williams
• Assistant Location Supervisor: Michael Woodruff
• Music Supervisor: Simon Astall
• Music Editor: Rachel Park
• Script Supervisor: Amber Harley
• Make-up Artist: Natasha Negron
• Make-up Artist: Alex-Michael Petty
• Make-up Artist: Carla Wallace
• Submit Manufacturing Consulting: Clare St. John
• Unit Manufacturing Supervisor: Kenneth Yu
• Second Assistant Director: Craig Comstock
• Manufacturing Assistant: Chayse Banks
• First Assistant Director: Eric Heffron
• Second Second Assistant Director: Gregory Santoro
• Scenic Artist: Suzanne Bonanno
• Set Ornament: Darby Abraham
• Set Dresser: Dan Branciforti
• Assistant Property Grasp: Lawson Bruen
• Set Dresser: Brett Fahle
• Development Coordinator: Christopher Ferris
• Leadman: Nelson Hagood
• Props: Kelly Harrell
• Artwork Division Assistant: Madelyn Kahn
• Artwork Division Coordinator: Pike Kanjanampa
• Armorer: Tyrone Lee
• Assistant Artwork Director: Alexander Linde
• Storyboard Artist: Jim Magdaleno
• Set Dresser: Emily Minnick
• Assistant Artwork Director: Brynna Norvell
• Armorer: Dan Riker
• Property Grasp: John Sanders
• On Set Dresser: Brian Calvin Smith
• Set Dresser: Zack Timms
• Set Designer: Willow Watson
• Supervising Sound Editor: Ben Barker
• ADR Recordist: Jennie Breckenridge
• ADR Editor: Gillian Dodders
• Driver: Chico L. Jones
• Driver: Charles Skip McCoy
• Transportation Coordinator: Huelon F. Thrift Jr.
• Manufacturing Assistant: Hannah Brunner
• Submit Manufacturing Accountant: Tarn Harper
• Manufacturing Assistant: Carson Hicks
• Manufacturing Assistant: Justin Holt
• Assistant Manufacturing Coordinator: Jenny Kissoon
• Manufacturing Assistant: Samantha Krupica
• Manufacturing Assistant: Grant Lafferty
• Casting Assistant: Jakaila Langston
• Manufacturing Assistant: Travis Meguire
• Manufacturing Assistant: Margaret Moore
• Manufacturing Secretary: Josh Melo
• Manufacturing Coordinator: Marjorie Rudick
• Title Designer: Matt Curtis
• Technical Advisor: Ray Mendoza
• Unique Music Composer: Geoff Barrow
• Unique Music Composer: Ben Salisbury
• Govt Producer: Elisa Alvares
• Govt Producer: Timo Argillander
• Particular Results Technician: Landon Okay. Smith
• Particular Results Technician: Jeremy Zamora
• Particular Results Technician: Frederick Mac Browne
• Visible Results Producer: Austin Aplin
• VFX Artist: Lee Barraclough
• VFX Artist: Anthony Lowe
• VFX Artist: Fraser Murdoch
• VFX Artist: Alex Rabbitt
• Visible Results Supervisor: David Simpson
• VFX Artist: Artem Smirnov
• Casting: Francine Maisler
• Stunts: Dylan Hice
• Stunts: Justin Corridor
• Stunts: Linda Kessler
• Stunts: T. Ryan Mooney
• Stunts: Chris Romrell
• Stunts: Randy James Beckman
• Stunts: Sean Paul Braud
• Stunts: Brandon Beckman
• Stunts: Gianni Biasetti Jr.
• Stunts: Branden Arnold
• Further Second Assistant Director: Alex Martini
• Govt In Cost Of Manufacturing: Corey Deckler

Film Evaluations:

• Manuel São Bento: FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://talkingfilms.internet/civil-war-review-a-thought-provoking-dive-into-war-journalism-and-moral-complexity/
• “Civil Warfare attests to Alex Garland’s fascinating means to create impactful narratives that provoke deep discussions, past his unwavering dedication to the themes and characters at hand, with out falling into preachy stances.
• A movie that transcends political boundaries, specializing in struggle journalism, the ethical dilemmas confronted by those that threat their lives to inform tales that can’t be ignored, and the private transformation needed to hold out such an inhuman activity. The character complexity and the chilling depth of the cinematography and sound manufacturing contribute to a powerfully partaking, repeatedly surprising audiovisual expertise.
• It’s a tribute to a occupation typically forgotten, however equally a problem for viewers to mirror on essential points in modern society.”
• Score: A-
• r96sk: Terrific film!
• ‘Civil Warfare’ is a blast from starting to finish, I loved all the things about it to be trustworthy. It options an fascinating story that’s informed with excellence. My largest takeaway is the sound design, which is excellent; actually from the primary seconds post-BBFC black card.
• It’s paced completely spot on, the tip comes round so fast; in all probability as a result of I used to be hooked. The solid do nice jobs. Apparent credit score to Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura and Stephen McKinley Henderson, they’re all ace. Cailee Spaeny is my private standout although, what a wonderful exhibiting from her!
• Engrossing viewing. Extremely advisable. Very a lot need to rewatch it already.
• CinemaSerf: Nope, sorry, this simply didn’t work for me. It seems that there’s a civil struggle amongst these United States. California and Texas have seceded from the Union and Florida appears to be having a wobble too. The President (Nick Offerman) makes a speech assuring the remainder of his nation that they’ve nothing to fret about, however hardened photo-journalist “Lee” (Kirsten Dunst) and her cohort “Joel” (Wagner Moura) reckon that the battle is sort of more likely to come to an altogether completely different conclusion. They bravely determine to journey the 800-odd miles to Washington DC to attempt to interview him. Their out-of-shape veteran affiliate “Sammy” (Stephen McKinley Henderson) thinks they’re mad, but additionally desires in on the journey. Meantime, the enthusiastic younger photographer “Jessie” (Cailee Spaeny) has managed to hook up with the staff and so, somewhat implausibly, they comply with take her on this perilous journey. It’s that implausibility that carries the entire thing because the fully preposterous state of affairs unfolds earlier than us. No effort is made to fill us in on the reason for this warfare. Did the President seize energy? Was he elected from a celebration these states didn’t vote for? Are they simply brutal and nicely armed revolutionaries? Then we now have the ridiculous dialogue – often from Henderson along with his “all the time take gas when you may” or “this manner solely results in demise” kind profundities because the group journey by way of a remarkably steady, nicely fuelled and provisioned, nation the place there’s hardly the merest trace of mass migrations, concern or terror. Certainly, their blue “Press” helmets and a bit little bit of kevlar appear to render them proof against the lethal drama that they’re speculated to be experiencing. Jesse Plemons makes a quick look – that truly results in the one vaguely thrilling a part of this chronology, however in any other case it’s all a bit on a non-event. Dunst begins off as a powerful and characterful lady however that dwindles away and, nicely, I used to be only a bit bored because the denouement hoved into view with all of the predicability of the solar arising. It’s bitty, episodic, unrealistic and populated with characters in whom I merely couldn’t consider. Certain, possibly it’s speculated to be outlandishly apocalyptic, but it surely jogged my memory for essentially the most a part of an episode of “Falling Skies” – solely with out the aliens. Maybe it’d resonate higher with an American viewers? I’m not one in all them and this didn’t.
• Brent Marchant: Cautionary tales typically have a few of the most vital affect when delivered to life on the large display, and that’s definitely the case with the most recent providing from writer-director Alex Garland. The filmmaker’s gripping story of a quartet of journalists (Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny) masking a civil struggle in a dystopian model of America of the close to future follows the reporters as they make their means from New York to Washington by way of a circuitous route that exhibits all of them sides of this nightmarish state of affairs. Basically a highway journey movie, “Civil Warfare” offers the principals and viewers with an array of photographs and conditions graphically depicting what’s left of the US as a distraught inhabitants makes an attempt to make sense of the circumstances and discover methods to outlive. The aim of the protagonists’ journey is to safe an interview (doubtless the final one) with a corrupt, egomaniacal President (Nick Offerman) as insurgent forces shut in on the capital. They set out on this treacherous odyssey regardless of the hazards concerned each in making the journey and of their roles as journalists, who’re regarded on with suspicion and have been accused of fanning the flames of the hostilities. Whereas some have complained that the movie doesn’t present sufficient social and political background concerning the battle, I submit that this consideration is essentially pointless: Garland is making an unadulterated assertion right here that, when the bullets begin flying, ideology received’t matter and nobody will care, a degree pushed residence with chilling readability time and again. The insanity that consumes the inhabitants is all that’s essential at that juncture, one pushed by bald-faced hostility on steroids each among the many combatants and the overzealousness of the reporters in in search of to “get the story,” it doesn’t matter what. In attaining this finish, the filmmaker holds nothing again, making this an often-difficult watch, one undoubtedly not for the squeamish or faint of coronary heart. However the image’s message is one in all grave significance, particularly in in the present day’s attempting, polarized local weather. We’d be smart to concentrate to what’s being mentioned on this essential work, handily the very best – and most troubling – launch of 2024 to this point.
• edrddz: The movie, though set in a context of armed battle, deviates from the normal struggle theme to concentrate on struggle photojournalists, selling a perspective on the work of such professionals. By means of a collection of small scenes, the director seeks to compose a portrait of those professionals’ actions on the battlefield with out declaring the explanations for the struggle or figuring out the edges concerned.
• Every scene, individually, is well-executed, standing out for the standard of cinematography and an immersive sound work that amplifies the strain. Nevertheless, these scenes, though efficient individually, fail to return collectively cohesively. The result’s a movie that appears lower than the sum of its elements. The primary drawback with the movie is a scarcity of depth.
• Though technically well-produced, notably by way of audio, the movie falls in need of a deeper strategy, which might have elevated it from a mere show of impactful scenes to a very impactful work.
• MovieGuys: Despite its pretensions, Civil Warfare is actually a spinoff affair stuffed with calculatedly disturbing visuals and violent exposition.
• Character growth and a functioning again story are largely absent, from Civil Warfare. That is an exposition pushed highway journey from hell, with a nihilistic goal, that performs out to a predictable conclusion.
• That doesn’t actually depart lots, for the viewer, to remove from this movie. A movie which ought to have lots to say however is, as a substitute, conspicuously silent. Maybe this can be a response to the local weather of division and concern that exists within the USA in the present day? That mentioned, why make a movie about one thing contentious, when you’ve got nothing contentious to say?
• In abstract, this movie actually wanted to be extra opinionated, even when which means providing up opposing views. As an alternative, it offends nobody (as is the norm lately) by saying little to nothing, of any actual consequence.