‘Civil War’ film review
by Captain Mzungu
30 April 2024
I fully expected to hate ‘Civil War.’
For a myriad of reasons, mostly political ones, I don’t trust mainstream movies and mainstream news — especially not during an election year and especially one where Donald Trump is a contender.
I have long held the belief that the left in general and the totalitarian globalists in particular will stop at nothing to prevent him reaching the White House a second time. Kangaroo courts, widespread demonisation, artificial and sometime subliminal fear pour into gullible minds watching mainstream media, while everything and anything is allowed from the Deep State, the MSM, academia and Hollywood to guarantee the ruling class stays in power and crony capitalism (look it up) remains the economic paradigm. This is what a banana republic American-style looks like folks.
And so when ‘Civil War’ the movie came out, I was immediately reminded of all the CNN and MSNBC so-called news about how another Trump term would doom our very basic freedoms and guarantee a civil war 2.0, one that would scuttle any hope for democracy.
But I went anyway and was pleasantly surprised.
Prepare to be violently thrown into the heart of the action from the very first image. This technique destabilises the viewer in the sense that it forces you to try your make sense of the prequel story without having been shown it.
The movie is anything but predictable, and features some surprisingly beautiful photography. The story follows four press photographers, including one innocent young wannabe journalist, taking a road trip to Washington D.C. to document a final civil war battle that is supposed to take place.
The genius of ‘Civil War’ is that it doesn’t define the protagonists. Rather, it leaves room for the viewers’ imagination to try to work out who the clashing parties are. The acting is very energetic, almost like an ode to war photographers. It includes some still pictures in black and white scattered throughout the film.
I am unashamedly pro-Trump and do not buy an ounce of demonisation of him by the mainstream media. I like the man, warts and all, in the sense that I believe he truly cannot be controlled by globalist forces and wants to put America back to work. The staunch libertarian in me loves that.
About the subliminal psyop I mentioned earlier, there is no doubt some viewers of ‘Civil War’ will probably conclude that this dystopian future is well deserved from a country stupid enough to have a second amendment.
Note: American is not a country and was never supposed to be a democracy. Rather, it is fifty different countries aligning themselves behind the founding father’s genial concept of creating a constitutional republic (look it up too.)
When the mainstream media, in the USA or abroad, lament the lack of democracy in the American electoral system they simply do not understand the concept of a constitutional republic.
Me on the other hand, I’ve always been troubled by the fact that the left, and their totalitarian globalists backers, have almost managed to create a tyrannical government in the United States. The very same idea of a tyrannical government the founding fathers used as their main reason for creating a second amendment to the U.S. Constitution in the first place.
We are now at a point where America has a second amendment AND a tyrannical government. If a civil war were to start, its goal would be, should be, to remove the globalist tyrannical control of the United States.
But back to the movie in question. There will be those who will believe a Trump come back will bring a civil war and those who will believe the opposite. To be sure, this movie won’t change anyone’s mind. But it may perhaps get some to try to understand the roots of the American constitution.
Strictly cinematographically speaking, ‘Civil War’ has a taste of Netflix’ ‘Leave the World Behind’ but with a much more kinetic tone. To have managed to include such beautiful photography embedded with such carnage is a commendable feat.