Review of Civil War

We wanted to love this move. The preview and concept were great. Love the journalist angle. Very interesting concept. The concept of creating a civil war is very interesting and not too far fetched. The characters start off fairly interesting and this film has some big named actors. The whole time you watch, you are waiting for a few basic questions to be answered. They never are. They drag you through human battle story of 2 sides and not knowing who is fighting for what. Kirsten Dunst is a lead actress here. She is dark and sad and negative. She is so sad, we never get to know her. Other characters add some life to this listless story, but she is uninteresting and unlikable. A bad lead. She looks pretty plain, but still there is no way in any war that journalists are embedded as fighters. Just stupid B-movie caliber. That said, the storyline and unique concepts of side A vs. Side B are interesting. BUT, the writer and/or director never pay off anything. This film COULD have been an 8 of of 10. Maybe a 9 out of 10. But the vague storyline and just badness of humanity--fails to clarify anything good or bad. Maybe they are trying to. ACTUAL film gets a 5 for this terrible lack of clarity about what we are talking about and lack of reality in how journalists operate. TOO over the top. Concept is an 8 - So will give the total experience a 6. SAD this was not a better film.