I’m not sure what most informs my opinion of I Declare War. It could be the school shootings we’ve heard and read about for years now. It could be the memory of war games that me and kids like me played—in our own backyards and in nearby woods, many years before that. Maybe it’s the current video game debate. But I know I found I Declare War to be a frustrating film: compelling, memorable, disturbing, but not always good. Not everything it had the potential to be.
