Review: Civil War

Alex Garland’s American war story is visceral but hollow.

Alex Garland’s Civil War is a movie about the power of images that, in its best moments, delivers some unforgettable ones of its own. As for what those images convey? That’s unclear.  

Set during a civil war that has ripped the U.S. in two, the film follows a group of journalists making their way from New York to D.C. to interview a president who has out…