CIVIL WAR

Set in dystopian America, a group of journalists travel from New York City to Washington during a civil war to interview and photograph the third term president. With little information about the war and zero back story on the characters, this is essentially a film about getting from point A to point B with some life-and-death drama along the way. Kirsten Dunst gives a satisfactory performance as photographer Lee Smith but unfortunately most of the characters around her feel one dimensional. It’s good but not great. Unsettling, intense and perhaps foreboding?