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Originally Posted by cam_calderon
I think that's a strange interpretation. It's clearly a near-future America.
You rarely see this kind of film set in the States, as mentioned previously. That's what sets it apart from other war films. Of course the warring factions' political leanings are left ambiguous, but it's some variation of left vs right.
You didn't see the president shot dead on January 6 but it was a dark day in that nation's history.
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That may well be your view of the state of America, but that is something you carried into the movie vs. what the movie was trying to say IMO. I’m not arguing the movie wasn’t set in America, and it wasn’t showing what a Civil War would feel like it. But it was less cautionary tale and more about creating a visceral experience of war journalism. In this regard the “civil” war was more plot device than anything.