Kurt Schlichter gives his review of the movie "Civil War" over at Townhall. His first criticism is that that the film is racially woke:
... The bad guy president is vaguely Trumpy. He’s a straight white male, of course. In fact, every single villain is a straight, white male. None of the major heroes is a straight, white male. You can make movies where the villains are straight, white males, and where none of the heroes are straight, white males, but it’s now a woke Hollywood cliche to make all the villains straight, white males, and none of the heroes straight, white males. You can’t unsee it. Rural white guy? Definitely a villain. Black woman? Hero!
But that wasn't his biggest issue, which is that the film just isn't interesting. By trying to not take sides, the director refuses to explain anything about how and why the second civil war started. Instead, Schlichter explains, we are essentially shown a travel log of the four journalist characters travelling across the country with "action scenes" split by scenes of the characters talking about themselves. And for those that might be tempted to go see the move for some military action scenes, don't bother. Schlichter explains that the military stuff is badly done and just wrong.
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