[Hot Air] A reviewer at the Blaze seems to agree that, while it's obvious the president in the film is meant to be Trump, the film would have been a disaster if it tried to delve deeply into what was motivating the various factions.
It's all very effectively done: harrowing urban combat, menacing rednecks with "assault rifles," real-life Dunst-hubby Jesse Plemon in those red sharpshooter shades. If the point is "war is hell," consider it made. Although, there's nothing here Steven Spielberg didn't do better 25 years ago in "Saving Private Ryan."
And that better be the point, as the movie has nothing to say about our current political divisions. Take away the burned-out shopping malls and the assault on the Lincoln Memorial, and the "Civil War" might as well take place in Bagdad or Odessa.
Had Garland spent his $50 million budget on making the kind of libtard, death-to-muh-democracy fever dream that's been stupefying half of the country since 2016, he would've had a "Battlefield Earth"-level camp classic on his hands.
But over at the NY Times, Michelle Goldberg is pretty excited that the politics of the film are more recognizable than she expected.
Blond haired Aryan Jesse Plemon with his nasal spade on the trigger of an AR.