Sometimes the best part about a buzzy and mysterious new movie is not knowing what you’re getting yourself into. Could there be a freak decapitation within the first act of the movie? Maybe! You never know.

With Alex Garland’s Civil War, the intensive military imagery might be alarming, but there is more to the story than the excessive gun use. The film takes place in a near-future America where a group of journalists race to Washington D.C. amid a violent conflict taking place on American soil. Here is a brief synopsis: