about the film
War Game (2024) | 94 minutes | USA | English
Boat Rocker Studios and Anonymous Content Present
A Matador Content Production
In Association with The Littlefield Company, Quaker Moving Pictures, Mile End Films, Market Road Films
A film by Jesse Moss & Tony Gerber
War Game sweeps audiences into an elaborate future-set simulation that dramatically escalates the threat posed by the January 6, 2021 insurrection. The film follows a bipartisan group of US defense, intelligence, and elected policymakers spanning five presidential administrations as they participate in an unscripted role-play exercise.
With the grip of a thriller, War Game posits active-duty military breaking ranks to join an insurrection that soon spreads to other state capitals, yielding a chilling moment when it’s unclear whether the president fully commands the armed forces. The simulation’s outcome hinges on several inflection points, from the government’s capacity to counter the disinformation that’s effectively spread by the insurgent side to the potential invocation of the Insurrection Act (i.e., the last resort). While the exercise served to stress test our institutions, the film is a critical wake-up call, underscoring the urgent need for bipartisanship in safeguarding American democracy.
Portraying a fictional President of the United States and his advisors, they confront a political coup backed by rogue members of the US military in the wake of a contested 2024 presidential election. Like actors in a thriller, but with profound real-world stakes, the players have only six hours to save American democracy.
Director(s) | Jesse Moss Tony Gerber |
Producers | Todd Lubin Jesse Moss Jack Turner Mark DiCristofaro Jessica Grimshaw Nick Shumaker |
Executive Producers | Warren Littlefield Jonathan E. Steinberg Dan Shotz Eric Schmeltzer David Fortier Ivan Schneeberg Jay Peterson Seth Brodie David Levine |
Co-Producer | Isabel Evans |
Directors of Photography | Thorsten Thielow Wolfgang Held Daniel Carter Tim Grucza Brett Wiley Keri Oberly |
Edited By | Jeff Gilbert |
Associate Editor | George C. Hall |
Original Soundtrack Composed By | Paweł Mykietyn |
Steve Bullock
Governor of Montana, 2013-2021
Heidi Heitkamp
North Dakota Senator, 2013-2019
Lt. Col. (ret.) Alex Vindman
NSC from 2018-2020
Maj. Gen. (ret.) Linda Singh
Maryland National Guard