Civil War: A Movie Review

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Civil War opens with a fictional US President (Nick Offerman) rehearsing moments before delivering a national address, trying to find the right phrasing and tone to reframe a bloody civil war nearing ugly conclusion as the greatest victory in the history of mankind.

The rhetoric is dialled down in his live address, but the viewer can quickly surmise he is a generic “conman in chief” type of leader, embodying familiar…