Jesse Moss and Tony Gerber’s chilling and engrossing documentary “War Game” begins ominously, moves with urgency, and never lets up. The film begins with two suspicious men surveilling the capitol building in Washington D.C. and the surrounding era, taking photos, recording videos, and gaming out a plan for what sounds like another threatening insurrection plot. An authoritarian figure we vaguely recognize, but not as a politician, delivers a portentous speech about election results, but as the tension coils, we soon realize he’s an actor.

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