The plot: In a dystopian future America, a team of military-embedded journalists races against time to reach Washington, D.C., before rebel factions descend upon the White House.
This movie was Pretty Good.
Pros: I like having to follow along these journalists throughout this movie runtime. The way this film was filmed was incredibly well executed. It doesn’t shine away showing its gruesome and chilling moments of this film. They waited until the 3rd arc where the action kicks in too high gear and I like the premise surrounding this film.
Cons: This type of movie might nor be liked by everyone. At times it did get loud in parts and it did get hard to care for main characters at certain periods in the story.
Directed by Alex Garland
Written by Alex Garland
Produced by Andrew Macdonald; Allon Reich; Gregory Goodman
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sonoya Mizuno & Nick Offerman.
Cinematography: Rob Hardy
Music by Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow
Edited by Jake Roberts
Production companies: DNA Films, IPR.VC
Distributed by: A24, Entertainment Film Distributors
The Casts:
- Kirsten Dunst as Lee Smith, a renowned war photojournalist from Colorado. The character’s name is a reference to famed World War II photojournalist Lee Miller.
- Wagner Moura as Joel, a Reuters journalist from Florida and Lee’s colleague
- Cailee Spaeny as Jessie Cullen, an aspiring young photographer from Missouri who accompanies Lee and Joel on their journey
- Stephen McKinley Henderson as Sammy, a veteran journalist for The New York Times and Lee’s mentor
- Nick Offerman as the President of the United States, a dictatorial president currently serving his third term
- Sonoya Mizuno as Anya, a British reporter covering the Western Forces’ advance on the Capitol
- Jefferson White as Dave, Anya’s cameraman
- Nelson Lee as Tony, a Hongkonger reporter who is good friends with Lee and Joel
- Evan Lai as Bohai, a Hongkonger reporter who is a colleague of Tony
- Karl Glusman as a spotter
- Jin Ha as a sniper
- Jojo T. Gibbs as a Western Forces Sergeant involved with the attack on the White House
- Juani Feliz as Secret Service Agent Joy Butler
- James Yaegashi as Commercial Corporal
- Greg Hill as Pete
- Edmund Donovan as Eddie
- Jess Matney as a checkpoint soldier
Additionally, Jesse Plemons makes an uncredited appearance as an ultranationalist militiaman.
I still recommend watching this film.
Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe