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The Second Civil War
Directed by
Joe Dante
R
1997
1h 37m
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6.6
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An interesting story about a future United States where immigration has gone too far. Through a series of mishaps and mayhem several state 'militias' assist Idaho in order to protect them from the LONG ARM of the Federal government.
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Cast of The Second Civil War
Beau Bridges
Governor Jim Farley
Joanna Cassidy
Helena Newman
James Coburn
Jack Buchan
Kevin Dunn
Jimmy Cannon
Phil Hartman
The President
Dan Hedaya
Mel Burgess
James Earl Jones
Jim Kalla
Denis Leary
Vinnie Franco
Elizabeth Peña
Christina Fernandez
Ron Perlman
Alan Manieski
Brian Keith
General Buford
Kevin McCarthy
Chief of Staff
Dick Miller
Eddie O'Neill
William Schallert
Secretary of Defense
Catherine Lloyd Burns
Amelia Sims
Jerry Hardin
Colonel McNally
Larry Jenkins
Kenya Nkomo
Ben Masters
Matthew Langford
Roger Corman
Sandy Collins
Rance Howard
Arnold Tooney, Jr.
The Second Civil War Ratings & Reviews
New York Magazine/Vulture
John Leonard
While The Second Civil War seeks to mimic the cognitive dissonance of a fragmenting political culture, it's too much like brain surgery by lobbing grenades at a tumor.
Orlando Sentinel
Hal Boedeker
The Second Civil War suffers from excess, an unclear purpose and a wildly fluctuating tone.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Tom Jicha
One of the most provocative, entertaining TV movies ever.
Houston Chronicle
Ann Hodges
What might have been a devilishly clever satire of politically incorrect proportions soon takes a course that does all that cleverness in. It turns silly and ugly. It turns to sex and violence.
Fresno Bee
Lanny Larson
Wickedly scripted and deliciously acted, it's also a scathing, sobering satire that can make you uncomfortable.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Ken Parish Perkins
Give The Second Civil War an A for effort, C-plus for execution.
Chicago Tribune
Steve Johnson
As close as it treads to real-life anxieties, it is too often too over the top, too obvious in its lampooning.
San Francisco Chronicle
John Carman
There are laugh-out-loud moments amid the tastelessness and raw language.
Los Angeles Times
Howard Rosenberg
"The Second Civil War" mingles broad humor with political and social commentary in ways rare for television, delivering a very funny satire.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Neal Justin
Director Joe Dante and writer Martyn Burke have lots of fun poking fun at the media, politicians and the military, but all too often the jokes come too easily.
Boston Globe
Frederic M. Biddle
When it doesn't numb, the relentlessly sophomoric tone of "The Second Civil War" offensively approaches the xenophobic mindset of the society it lampoons.
New York Daily News
David Bianculli
From start to finish, "The Second Civil War" is not to be missed.
Gannett News Service
Mike Hughes
As directed by Joe Dante, this is alternately funny and nasty.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Joanne Weintraub
Some of the satire is so biting you can practically feel the tooth marks on your arm.
New York Times
Caryn James
This mildly entertaining and disappointing film plays as if its creators didn't trust the audience to get a more subtle satire.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Skillful made-for-cable satire.
MUBI
David Cairns
The movie makes you feel desperate, much like the news, and any laughter tends to die in your throat, just like the news.
Variety
Ray Richmond
Instead of the second coming of "Dr. Strangelove" or "Network," we get something resembling a collaboration between Michael Moore and Timothy McVeigh. And it's too bad, because there is a lot to like about "Second Civil War."
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
Joe Dante's State of the Union for the Nineties, a splendid tragicomedy closer to the mournful wrath of Aldrich's Twilight's Last Gleaming than to the self-patting caricature of Levinson's Wag the Dog.
Dallas Morning News
Ed Bark
Dark, moderately funny and increasingly heavy-handed; it's an attention-grabber without a suitably firm grip.
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