Synopsis
Directors: Jesse Moss, Tony Gerber
Producers: Todd Lubin, Jesse Moss, Jack Turner, Mark DiCristofaro, Jessica Grimshaw, Nick Shumaker
US, 94 min, 2023
What if the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol spiraled further out of control? And U.S. military personnel and paramilitary groups joined forces to overthrow the government? That’s the scenario of War Game, a briskly paced, compelling docu-thriller following a “war game” future-simulation set on January 6, 2025 with prominent government experts role-playing parts in the hypothetical crisis as a kind of “stress-test for our National Security System.” Featuring former Montana governor Steve Bullock as a level-headed U.S. President, and acting as his advisor, North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp (“If this movie has a star, it’s her”—Washington Post), the documentary provocatively reveals both imagined threats as well as the real-life individuals trying to prevent them. “Chilling” (Deadline), “fascinating” (POV Magazine), “excellent” [and] “exciting cinema” (New York Magazine), War Game is a bold and captivating chronicle of our explosive political moment.
