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Warfare
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- 2025
- Alex Garland
- 95 mins
- 15
Summary
A platoon of Navy SEALs embark on a mission in Iraq, with the chaos and brotherhood of war retold through their memories of the event. War drama, starring Will Poulter, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai and Cosmo Jarvis
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A star rating of 3 out of 5.
Patrick Cremona
This viscerally intense Iraq War film is co-directed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina) and former US Navy Seal Ray Mendoza, who had previously worked as a military supervisor on Garland's previous effort, Civil War (2024). Based on Mendoza's own experiences, it follows a platoon of American soldiers in real time after a botched surveillance mission sees some of their number sustaining life-threatening injuries. The film is unsparing in its depiction of the senseless barbarity of war, and includes several blood-curdling moments which will cause viewers to swiftly avert their eyes. Meanwhile, the young cast - which includes Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor and Joseph Quinn - all turn in impressive, highly committed performances. But while it is undoubtedly well crafted, barely putting a foot wrong from a technical standpoint, the film suffers from a lack of strong character work amid the relentless onslaught of gunfire and becomes difficult to fully engage with. Beyond the admirable but fairly rudimentary notion that war is hell, Warfare doesn't leave the audience with much to chew on.
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7.1/10
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Cast
rolenameSamJoseph QuinnRay MendozaD'Pharaoh Woon-A-TaiErikWill PoulterElliottCosmo JarvisKellyAaron MackenzieLt MacdonaldMichael GandolfiniTommyKit Connor
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rolenameDirectorAlex GarlandDirectorRay Mendoza
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Theatrical distributor
A24
Released on
2025-04-18
Languages
English
Guidance
Violence, swearing
Formats
Colour
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