'The Long Game' wedges in a lot of positive messages about overcoming adversity and standing true to what's right. There's nothing tongue-in-cheek about 'Civil War.' It's serious, bloody and ground-pounding carnage. And plenty of it.
This image released by A24 shows Wagner Moura, left, and Kirsten Dunst in a scene from “Civil War.” “The Long Game” wedges in a lot of positive messages about overcoming adversity and standing true to what’s right. There’s nothing tongue-in-cheek about “Civil War.” It’s serious, bloody and ground-pounding carnage. And plenty of it. While it has a compelling spin and some nice messages, “The Greatest Hits” won’t be music to most families’ collective ears.
But if you can look past the language, “The Long Game” comes out above average…or should I say under par?It’s an election year. And we live in an America that’s feeling the effects of superheated political rhetoric, daily news reports of strife and seemingly unbridgeable ideological divides. Add in an emotional stew of sometimes inflammatory reporting and social media hysteria, and it’s no wonder that everyday citizens are suffering through a pressure cooker sense of uncertainty.
In that sense, “Civil War” is far more than you might expect. It becomes a cautionary tale that shakes its viewers by the lapel and warns against shrieking anger, unbridled exuberanceOf course, potential moviegoers must also take into consideration that this is a very R-rated war movie. Torture, execution and pinpoint deadliness is rampant and gushingly bloody. By the time high-tech war is unleashed in the streets of Washington, D.C.
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