War Game (2024 film)

This article is about the 2024 documentary film. For other uses, including several similarly named films, see War game (disambiguation).

War Game is a 2024 American documentary film directed by Jesse Moss and Tony Gerber. It is about American officials simulating a coup after a disputed election. The film premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and was released in New York on August 2, 2024.^[1]

War Game
Film poster
Directed by	Jesse Moss Tony Gerber
Produced by	Todd Lubin Jesse Moss Jack Turner Mark DiCristofaro Jessica Grimshaw Nick Shumaker
Cinematography	Thorsten Thielow Wolfgang Held Daniel Carter Tim Grucza Brett Wiley Keri Oberly
Edited by	Jeff Gilbert
Music by	Paweł Mykietyn
Distributed by	Submarine Deluxe
Release date	August 2, 2024 (2024-08-02) (New York)[1]
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$111,088[2]

Cast

• Ralph Brown as Lieutenant General Roger Simms
• Chris Henry Coffey as Gov. Robert Strickland
• Frederick Wellman as Red Cell Operative
• Alexander Vindman as Game Consultant
• Steve Bullock as President John Hotham
• Gary Perez as Lieutenant General Gabriel King
• Wesley Clark as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Heidi Heitkamp as Senior Advisor to the President
• Doug Jones as Attorney General
• Bill Kristol as Red Cell Operative
• Kristofer Goldsmith as Red Cell Leader
• Janessa Goldbeck as Game Producer

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of 45 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "A creative exercise of deadly serious import, War Game is an involving feat of simulation that sounds the alarm."^[3] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 71 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.^[4]