War is politics by other means. Except, that is, in Civil War, the much-hyped new movie from director Alex Garland out this week, which offers 109 minutes of bangs and explosions, but no real plot and no politics to speak of.
That is a stunning accomplishment considering that Garland made Ex Machina, one of the best movies of the last decade. It’s even more breathtaking considering that we are living in 2024 America—a country which, depending on who you ask, is going to hell in a handbasket because of drag queen story hour or bans on drag queen story hour.
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