Alex Garland has written or directed several excellent, terrifying, disturbing films.
Films like 28 Days Later, Sunshine,Ex MachinaandAnnihilation.
Films that show familiar worlds in unfamiliar, and often times unfathomable, circumstances.
A new flag flies in Civil War.Screenshot: A24
Because, well, the dystopia feels a little too real.
Check out the trailer.
Texas and California are on the same side?
That doesnt seem like a logical team-up.
Were imagining Garland wants us to think this is one thing, when its really something else.
Even if that something else is just a metaphor for what we think it is.
What did you think of the trailer?
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Civil War opens April 26, 2024.
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