Let's start by saying that I missed the first 20 minutes of this movie and that may have made me like the movie more. Also we watched it in the massive IMAX theater at Newport and it was sick. This next paragraph will try and not spoil anything. You are basically thrown into the movie, or at least I was, but this works well for this movie. This is a movie where you don't really need any background as long as you know basic geography and general knowledge of the US. This movie also took an interesting spin on the Civil War, I figured it would be about a big battle between a separating US. I was not disappointed however to figure out that it was a story about journalists and them trying to capture the war. The cinematography was amazing and the message behind the story was amazing. The movie felt more like they came u with the message they wanted to show and then built a story that would show it rather than having a general idea about the story and pairing it with a message. Now for some spoilers I didn't see the first 20 minutes and this arguably made it better for me. I have been told that they basically just show you a civil war happening and then don't really give you any reason as to why it's happening and which side you should support. This probably would have bugged me, except I was thrown into the movie completely and I basically just made up the bit I missed in my head. This movie was shot beautifully and it had a great sound track. It spared no gore and really showed the horrors that some people will do when they feel scared and do not know who to trust or back. The battles seemed pretty reasonable and nothing too outlandish happened so it didn't feel unreal. The only part that felt unrealistic is how easily the Western Forces seemed to win against the trained military. I know they have the technology and the training that the military had so it's not too unreasonable but I feel like the military that was backing the president would have been stronger. Also the president would not be held up in the White House if this was all actually happening, the president would be in some safe house somewhere. I am now done with spoilers I could probably talk about this movie for like another three paragraphs without even needing to think about what Im writing but I will stop here. I think this movie was great, the cinematography and storytelling was what made it so good but honestly the whole movie was also just great. I think after having a day to digest the movie, it is even better than when I first stepped out of the theater. I would recommend anyone who does not have a weak stomach to gore to watch it and would currently give it a solid 8.5/10 maybe even 9/10.
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