The true story of a Navy SEAL platoon that got hit in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2006.
The closest thing you’ve been to a war from the comfort of your own cinema. Steven Spielberg’s D-Day sequence in Saving Private Ryan (1998) shook us to our core when it was first released, and to this day, nothing has topped it. Warfare comes really close and sends shivers down your spine.
Following the success of Civil War (2024), A24 and writer/director Alex Garland, along with writer/director and Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza, create a war film like anything you’ve ever seen. They consult experts and actual veterans, incorporating real tactics and language to enhance the film’s realism. Not only that, but Mendoza was one of those veterans. The film’s promotion is: “Everything is based on memory.”
This is inarguably one of the most brutally realistic docudramas you’ve ever seen in your life. It’s going to make you avert your eyes. It’s going to take your breath away. It’s going to make you wish they would stop screaming… The slow-burning first half hour is the calm before the storm that you will audiovisually experience after that in real time. You will see, hear, and feel their excruciating pain and agony. D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Joseph Quinn, Aaron Mackenzie, Alex Brockdorff, Finn Bennett, Evan Holtzman, Michael Gandolfini, and the rest of the cast do a magnificent job in front of the camera. Extra credit goes to the rest of the preproduction, production, and postproduction team for accomplishing this film.
A24 consistently pushes boundaries to the extreme and is one of the world’s most valuable film-producing machines. They have the know-how. They know when, where, why and how to choose what they do. They also know who must helm each project and who will be in front of the camera. They know the trends and rules, and they bend them in extraordinary ways. Warfare is a prime example. Past the end credits, it will make you think about how they will top that and what comes next, but stay tuned. There is a lot more coming…
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Solidarity for all the innocent lives that suffer the atrocities of war!
Stay safe!
