Warfare
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A platoon of Navy SEALs embarks on a dangerous mission in Ramadi, Iraq, with the chaos and brotherhood of war retold through their memories of the event.
What critics thought
Warfare earns wide admiration for its relentless, immersive recreation of frontline combat — a collaboration between Alex Garland's filmmaking precision and veteran Ray Mendoza's firsthand memory that critics largely found viscerally devastating. The main fault line is political: admirers see a film stripped of editorializing that lets the horror speak for itself, while detractors argue that same neutrality tips into uncritical glorification of a deeply controversial war.
“together, Garland's virtuosity and Mendoza's first-hand experience create a masterful technical achievement that is, more important, emotionally harrowing”
Caryn James·BBC
“doesn't just show you the horrors of war; it forces you to taste the dust and the choking panic, smell the fear and the cordite and the tinny metallic tang of spilled blood”
Wendy Ide·The Guardian
“At best, Warfare is an artfully made recreation; at worst it is naked military propaganda set during one of the country's most egregious moments of imperialism.”
Gregory Nussen·Deadline Hollywood
Genres
Action, Drama, War
Cast & Crew
Ray MendozaDirector
Alex GarlandDirector
D'Pharaoh Woon-A-TaiRay
Will PoulterErik
Cosmo JarvisElliott
Kit ConnorTommy
Finn BennettJohn
Taylor John SmithFrank
Michael GandolfiniLt. MacDonald
Adain BradleySgt Laerrus
Noah CentineoBrian
Evan HoltzmanBrock
Henrique ZagaAaron
Joseph QuinnSamFrom the studio
Warfare
A platoon of Navy SEALs embarks on a dangerous mission in Ramadi, Iraq, with the chaos and brotherhood of war retold through their memories of the event.
What critics thought
Warfare earns wide admiration for its relentless, immersive recreation of frontline combat — a collaboration between Alex Garland's filmmaking precision and veteran Ray Mendoza's firsthand memory that critics largely found viscerally devastating. The main fault line is political: admirers see a film stripped of editorializing that lets the horror speak for itself, while detractors argue that same neutrality tips into uncritical glorification of a deeply controversial war.
“together, Garland's virtuosity and Mendoza's first-hand experience create a masterful technical achievement that is, more important, emotionally harrowing”
Caryn James·BBC
“doesn't just show you the horrors of war; it forces you to taste the dust and the choking panic, smell the fear and the cordite and the tinny metallic tang of spilled blood”
Wendy Ide·The Guardian
“At best, Warfare is an artfully made recreation; at worst it is naked military propaganda set during one of the country's most egregious moments of imperialism.”
Gregory Nussen·Deadline Hollywood
Genres
Action, Drama, War
Cast & Crew
Ray MendozaDirectorAlex GarlandDirectorD'Pharaoh Woon-A-TaiRayWill PoulterErikCosmo JarvisElliottKit ConnorTommyFinn BennettJohnTaylor John SmithFrankMichael GandolfiniLt. MacDonaldAdain BradleySgt LaerrusNoah CentineoBrianEvan HoltzmanBrockHenrique ZagaAaronJoseph QuinnSamFrom the studio
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