The Civil War on Drugs Movie Review

I love WKUK and Nora was willing to watch this with me. A review of The Civil War on Drugs (2011) dir. Trevor Moore and Zach Creggar. Spoilers ahead.

I really liked a lot of gags in this movie. They were not only funny, but also memorable. The Jamaican slave, Doug the soldier, the man who could shoot straight up, the Indians being frat bros, and especially President Lincoln. Nora and I were quoting Lincoln's "It's a plant! In nature!" and "Legal now! Always gonna be legal! This is the United States of America!!" The way he shouts gets a kick out of me.

I usually don't like when the conflict of a movie is due to a misunderstanding. Like, in Gravity Falls S1E19, when Dipper things Grunkle Stan is bullying him, and he hears an out of context clip of Stan that proves his point. And he hates Stan until he learns the context, which proves that Stan loves Dipper and is teaching him discipline. Good episode? Sure. Lazy plot point? Absolutely. I think Civil War on Drugs uses this plot point to good use, because it's so over the top and ridiculous that it becomes another bit. How the writers went almost the whole movie without mentioning slavery whatsoever is impressive. 

I found it funny how Zach is a different character in every scene. My favorite Zach character is Abraham Lincoln. My least favorite was Ulysses Grant. I didn't like the Grant scenes very much; I am not big on gross-out stuff. 

I love historical fiction where massive details change. The war having 3 days of conflict and 150 deaths is crazy. See more crazy inaccurate history in the upcoming Amish Media Group film Berger (2026) coming out this month, on 16 February 2026 (tentatively). I can't wait for Mars to come out.

Somebody should score this film. But not me, man. I'm too high.