War Game is a 2024 American documentary thriller film directed by Jesse Moss and Tony Gerber. It is about American officials simulating a coup after a disputed election. The film premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and was released in New York on August 2, 2024.[1]
| War Game | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Jesse Moss Tony Gerber |
| Produced by | Todd Lubin Jesse Moss Jack Turner Mark DiCristofaro Jessica Grimshaw Nick Shumaker |
| Cinematography | Thorsten Thielow Wolfgang Held Daniel Carter Tim Grucza Brett Wiley Keri Oberly |
| Edited by | Jeff Gilbert |
| Music by | Paweł Mykietyn |
| Distributed by | Submarine Deluxe |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $111,088[2] |
Cast
edit- Ralph Brown as Lieutenant General Roger Simms
- Chris Henry Coffey as Gov. Robert Strickland
- Frederick Wellman as Red Cell Operative
- Alexander Vindman as Game Consultant
- Steve Bullock as President John Hotham
- Gary Perez as Lieutenant General Gabriel King
- Wesley Clark as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Heidi Heitkamp as Senior Advisor to the President
- Doug Jones as Attorney General
- Bill Kristol as Red Cell Operative
- Kristofer Goldsmith as Red Cell Leader
- Janessa Goldbeck as Game Producer
Reception
editOn the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of 45 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "A creative exercise of deadly serious import, War Game is an involving feat of simulation that sounds the alarm."[3] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 71 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "'War Game' Documentary Examines 'What Is Sacred In Our Democracy'". Forbes. August 2, 2024. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
- ^ "War Game". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 2, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
- ^ "War Game". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
- ^ "War Game". Metacritic. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
External links
edit- Official website
- War Game at IMDb
- Review by National Security Law Professor Dakota Rudesill in Just Security
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