“Civil War” and other movie releases for Wednesday, April 17

Every Wednesday, a host of new films are released in theaters. If you’re planning to go there this week, here’s what to expect.

This week’s big release: “Civil War” by Alex Garland

After wrapping through the horror with menpublished in 2022, Alex Garland He reconnects with his first love: science fiction. This Wednesday goes like this Civil warwhich is proposed to be followed, in the near future, A group of journalists set out on a frantic race across a United States that has become a dystopian dictatorship And plunged into civil war.

If the work is eagerly awaited, it’s because the prolific British director and screenwriter has built a reputation among sci-fi fans.

First he was a novelist, and he saw his book the beach (1996) will be modified in 2000 by Danny Boyle. The beginning of a fruitful collaboration with the English director, for whom he would then write scripts After 28 daysa post-apocalyptic horror film that became a cult, then sunrisea space voyage thriller that achieved more timid commercial success.

We also owe him, among other things, the wonderful script for the film remake Judge Dredd It was released in 2012. Two years later, He goes behind the camera for the first time with Previous machinea sci-fi thriller that won an award at the Gerardmer Festival, then did so again in 2018 with the mysterious film ExterminationWorn by Natalie Portman.

Works that are sometimes brilliant, sometimes shaky, but always as inviting as they are contemplative. If we trust the initial reactions of American critics, the Civil War is no exception to the rule. “ Shock to the system “For diversity,” A captivating war drama » for the polygon, but “ Missed opportunity » According to Deadline: The film should not leave many people indifferent.

Other notable releases this week

• Borgowritten by Stephane Demoustier, is a psychological thriller set in a Corsican prison.
• Here and therewritten by Ludovic Bernard, is a comedy that follows Adrien, a Frenchman who is expelled from Senegal due to a visa problem and is taken in by Sékou, his wife’s cousin who works as a salesman in Paris.
• Laroywritten by Shane Atkinson, is a half-thriller, half-comedy, featuring a loser who accidentally turns into a professional killer.
• Hopelesswritten by Chang Hoon Kim, is a drama that tells the story of a young man caught in a spiral of violence.
• Monkey manDirected by Dev Patel, “John Wick” is an action film about seeking revenge against an underground boxer.