{"id":275657,"date":"2024-03-18T06:46:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T13:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=328291"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:55:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:55:16","slug":"the-first-reviews-of-civil-war-place-it-as-one-of-the-best-dystopias-of-recent-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-first-reviews-of-civil-war-place-it-as-one-of-the-best-dystopias-of-recent-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The first reviews of Civil War place it as one of the best dystopias of recent years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alex Garland is one of the most surprising film directors of recent times<\/strong>. He is the author behind Ex Machina, Annihilation, Men, and what I consider his supreme work: the series Devs. Undoubtedly, he is a science fiction and horror author like few others in Hollywood, and as he releases more films, he is increasingly recognized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year has in its hands <strong>a feature film that aims to surpass everything done before: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/trailer-for-civil-war-the-impressive-new-film-by-alex-garland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Civil War<\/a><\/strong>. Starring Kirsten Dunst, Jefferson White, and Wagner Moura, the film takes us to a near future where the United States is immersed in a bloody civil war. There, a team of journalists and war photographers will embark on a road trip towards Washington DC. Their mission: to arrive before the rebel forces assault the White House and seize control from the country&#8217;s president. The first reviews of the film have already arrived, and <strong>they are excellent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Civil War | Official Trailer HD | A24\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aDyQxtg0V2w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;One of the best movies of the year&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With <strong>89% positive reviews<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/rotten-tomatoes-escandalo-ophelia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> on its premiere, Civil War is definitely exceeding the expectations that were placed on it. Some of the critics&#8217; comments are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Terrifying, even-handed, and captivatingly human, <strong>Civil War features intelligent and precise cinematography<\/strong> on an impossible subject&#8221; &#8211; Rocco T. Thompson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slantmagazine.com\/film\/civil-war-review-kirsten-dunst-alex-garland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Slant Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The constant onslaught of premonitory tension and <strong>the impressive skill of the documentary style<\/strong> to capture raw horror guarantee a powerful cinematic piece that leaves you breathless&#8221; &#8211; Meagan Navarro, <a href=\"https:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/reviews\/3804504\/civil-war-sxsw-review-alex-garlands-anti-war-movie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Bloody Disgusting<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/civil-war-criticas-1024x538-1-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-275661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/civil-war-criticas-1024x538-1-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/civil-war-criticas-1024x538-1-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/civil-war-criticas-1024x538-1-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/civil-war-criticas-1024x538-1-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/civil-war-criticas-1024x538-1.jpg 1370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;A disturbing sensory experience accompanied by thunderous cacophonies and scenes of war and savagery so <strong>vast, intense, and overwhelming<\/strong> that you can practically taste the gunpowder lingering in the air&#8221; &#8211; Siddhant Adlakha, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inverse.com\/entertainment\/civil-war-review-sxsw-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Inverse<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It is a film about the open question of how much humanity we have left as a species, and that makes it <strong>a provocative and exciting film<\/strong> that will stay engraved in your retinas&#8221; &#8211; Matthew Jackson, AV Club<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;With an award-worthy performance by Kirsten Dunst as the protagonist, <strong>Civil War is one of the best movies of the year<\/strong> and will likely inspire the necessary conversation when it hits theaters next month&#8221; &#8211; J Hurtado, <a href=\"https:\/\/screenanarchy.com\/2024\/03\/sxsw-2024-review-civil-war.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Screen Anarchy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Garland is one of the most surprising film directors of recent times. He is the author behind Ex Machina, Annihilation, Men, and what I consider his supreme work: the series Devs. Undoubtedly, he is a science fiction and horror author like few others in Hollywood, and as he releases more films, he is increasingly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-first-reviews-of-civil-war-place-it-as-one-of-the-best-dystopias-of-recent-years\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The first reviews of Civil War place it as one of the best dystopias of recent years&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9257,"featured_media":275659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-275657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314369,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275657\/revisions\/314369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275657"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=275657"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=275657"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=275657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}