CIVIL WAR (2024) BREAKDOWN: Ending Explained & Details You Missed

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Published 2024-04-15
Alex Garland’s Civil War (2024) from A24 full movie breakdown & analysis by Erik Voss. Thanks to Conflict of Nations for sponsoring this video - Play Conflict of Nations for FREE on PC or Mobile: 💥 con.onelink.me/kZW6/rngeq9ob Receive an Amazing New Player Pack, only available for the next 30 days!

Civil War review, ending explained, and full movie breakdown by New Rockstars’ Erik Voss. Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation, Men, Devs) moves onto a new controversial project called Civil War, which imagines a dystopian United States in a civil war against a fascist president played by Nick Offerman. Erik Voss analyzes this film scene by scene to explain some of the real-world parallels and influences on this film, and the deeper meaning we should take away from it.

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All Comments (21)
  • I think they paired Texas with California so it didn't become a red vs blue topic for the film.
  • @youxknowit
    it doesnt tell you the backgrounds of the sides and factions because they dont want you "rooting" for one faction. they want you to feel like the journalist who has to be neutral throughout the situation
  • what made the movie great was that it didnt pick a side... it showed war is hell and no one wins
  • @cc_films
    It was scary intense that the soldiers had a kill without mercy mindset
  • @KDEddie
    I liked that the cause of the civil war was not explained. The point is that there is a civil war.
  • @r2witco
    I think one of the quotes you captured from the film sums it up, "We record so other people ask."
  • @andydwyer6627
    As Someone in the military, I noticed The soldiers having their hair and nails painted as well as Jesse Plemons character being overweight is a representation of when the armies of middle eastern countries in our timeline start to focus less and less on military standards/regulations and soldiers start to become more individuals, committing crimes in uniform, smoking weed and other atrocities because their superiors lack coordination which leads to their overall downfall.
  • Regarding context… I think he wanted us to focus on the outcome, not the smoking gun.
  • The Hawaiian shirts represent a sect of doomsday preppers known as Bugaloo Boys. They are called that because they are waiting for Civil War 2: Electric Bugaloo. I know this sounds funny and I am posting this from a comedy page profile, but I assure you that is the case.
  • @TheBdog2009
    What I didn't understand is why only CA and TX were the only 2 that were after the president, and the other states were just sitting it out.
  • @HaloDieHard
    They don't tell you the whole story because a lot of the times journalists don't know the whole story
  • @juanguzman7939
    California and Texas aligning isn't to big a stretch considering that it's mentioned that Offermans character forced himself into a third term. I think it was a "the enemy of my end is my friend" type of alliance.
  • @relaxedsack1263
    I dont think Cali and Texas are aligning together to form any sort of union.They are both seceding at the same time and are the only two states who would be able to their local military bases. teaming up against the feds as a marriage of convenience.
  • @heyheyhey520
    Jesse Clemons delivered a performance of the life time. One of the best scenes I’ve sene this year.
  • @B3ASTBOi_
    I'm bummed out they didn't give Nick Offerman more screen time
  • I found it weird that Joel was really upset when Sammy was killed, but, at the start of the film when Lee told Jessie to wear a helmet and everyone was ok when, helmetless, Lee, was shot.
  • @bdon175
    My biggest question is why the POTUS of this movie didn't take refuge in the bunker under the WH? I mean, I have a lot more to pick at but that whole WH scene just lacked logic for me. Movie was decent but not some groundbreaking controversial film it is depicted as.
  • @raymonds8354
    Once California and Texas are separate republics and can do what they want internally with their sovereign selves (blue or red), they could have ties to each other with trade and even a military alliance for mutual benefit (using that two-star flag like a UN or NATO flag for their joint cause). And as the two most powerful ex-states (with big populations, economies, militaries, and worldwide clout), the two juggernauts and their allies would be fearsome… Also, two very different countries sometimes align for a bigger common cause, like America and Russia in World War II…