"Serves as a warning that if history repeats itself, the difference between doing so as farce or tragedy rests on a knife’s edge."—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety

"Blunt and effective."—Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

"Moss and Gerber clearly understand that the ticktock of this hypothetical insurgency will make for exciting cinema, but they’re also interested in how the people participating in this simulation got here."—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture

Join us for a special Cinema Salon screening of the film on Tuesday, September 17 with a post-screening discussion with Senior Center member Frank Murray, retired teacher of literature, philosophy, and film.

A real-life political thriller set on January 6, 2025, War Game imagines a nation-wide insurrection in which members of the US military defect to support the losing Presidential candidate, while the winning candidate and his advisors—played by an all-star roster of senior officials from the last five administrations—war games the crisis in the White House situation room. They have 6 hours to save democracy as the country teeters on the brink of civil war.