Some audiences may balk that the initial idea of why America has turned itself into a country of civil war isn't explained, I tend to think that it is fairly obvious and therein lies part of the problem-its too on the nose with where the US is headed/could head. The Jan 6th insurrection obvs plays a huge part in it and it's easy to see the various citizens armed and dressed up as the participants of that day.
If, like I did, one just let the story unfold this is a tense film that reminded me of other twisted recent US road movies mainly Bones and All, in it's hellish landscape, the scene where they encounter the two beaten up looters and a unhinged Jessie Plemons are clear examples of this.
The plot may be too episodic and the last ten minutes overdone within the White House ( surely the President would have a ' bunker room' to contain himself and his staff in the event of a coup?) that it turns into a overdone actioner with bullets bullets bullets.
It's a brave film that shows the integrity of photojournalists (even though I still don't trust any journalists) and a worthy double bill with Michel Franco's equally scary dystopian New Order.
If, like I did, one just let the story unfold this is a tense film that reminded me of other twisted recent US road movies mainly Bones and All, in it's hellish landscape, the scene where they encounter the two beaten up looters and a unhinged Jessie Plemons are clear examples of this.
The plot may be too episodic and the last ten minutes overdone within the White House ( surely the President would have a ' bunker room' to contain himself and his staff in the event of a coup?) that it turns into a overdone actioner with bullets bullets bullets.
It's a brave film that shows the integrity of photojournalists (even though I still don't trust any journalists) and a worthy double bill with Michel Franco's equally scary dystopian New Order.
