Alex Broadhead

Truly spectacular. Caveat: This is a continuation of the Prometheus and Alien: Covenant storylines about immortality, not the Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 (Please, let’s just forget about Resurrection, okay?) monster movies. If you hated Prometheus, you’re probably not going to like Earth. If you want a well-told horror story with a philosophical bent and exceptional psychodrama (and fantastic visuals and world building) this is it.

There are a lot of people posting reviews of the Civil War they expected - a film apparently about who is right and who is wrong in the current US political landscape, about how a war could happen - instead of the actual film. Everyone knows how a war could happen - that’s not an interesting question. And pretty much everyone has made up their minds about who is right or wrong - this movie is unlikely to change anyone’s mind on that. This movie is about what a second US civil war might look like, and why it should be avoided. About the deep uncertainties that even journalists would feel in such a mess. It is immersive, not analytic. If you want a US Game of Thrones, this is not the movie for you. If you want a well made cautionary tale, this is it.