Warfare

Just because its meant to be realistic doesn't make it a good movie. If you enjoy watching men in agony for an hour go ahead, otherwise a waste of time.

I think the one word to describe this movie is raw. The scenes, apart from the camerwork, feel like I'm in the action sequence (plus I think the last thing we need). It is borderline hard to watch because of it's display of injury. It is unwavering in its display of whatever I trust is what happened in that mission. I'd be surprised if people show newfound respect for troops after watching something like this, as we already know their mere willingness to go into insurgent territory is brave, but I hope the people watching this aren't led to believe a misfortunate conception of the war in Iraq. I hate to get political, but I hope people watching this don't get the idea that "jihadists" are barbaric, but that the insurgent mission of the US military was unjustified and cruel. I am glad the gruesome nature of this movie prevents it from being a USMC advertisement for American forever-wars.

Warfare is the film Black Hawk Down wishes it was and should have been. Recreating from the memories of participants,an urban firefight involving a small group of American soldiers in Iraq in 2006, it's a harrowing, gripping, and brilliantly made piece of film-making. With Ray Mendoza - himself a veteran - sharing directing duties with Alex Garland, it has a verisimilitude that engulfs the viewer. The performances are naturalistic, the story told entirely from the viewpoint of the American soldiers. And herein lies the key to the film. I've seen some criticise the film for its lack of context and lack of engagement with the Iraqi viewpoint. That is both understandable and, to my mind, to misread the film. It opens by telling us on-screen that the film is based on the memories of those involved; crucially, one the soldiers involved was so traumatised by what he experienced in these events that he is unable to recall any of them. The film is dedicated to this soldier. As much as its about the experience of fighting in a war, this film is also about memory itself - specifically, the way we remember violent, traumatic incidents. My own experience of living through violent abuse early in my life is similar - we remember piecemeal, even cinematically. We leave things out; we don't remember in context or from the points of view of others. We disassociate; this film is a brilliant attempt to put that strange, disorienting, painful experience of memory on screen. It is often hard to watch - the graphic injuries are not stinted on; of special note is the brilliant sound design, which does so much to place the viewer (especially on a big a screen) in the heart of what's going on. This is an important, painful, utterly compelling contribution to the cinema of war.

As an OIF Veteran ‘03-‘04 I found the movie very realistic of the times. The way the movie would encase you in the environment and not allow you to escape was amazing. Certain almost still frames were epic, kudos to the writers of this piece. Great film. It was a must see in theater due to the great surround sound.

Damn good movie! havent felt this intrigued and truly on the edge of my seat in idk how long. opened my eyes to a new respect for the men and women serving our country. Thank you to everyone who took part in creating this film. Amazing. hands down best war movie ive ever seen. felt too real!

This is no Black Hawk Down! But a good Movie! Glad I watched it.

This movie was so boring and poorly constructed. Acting was good, I won’t hate on that, but everything else… ugh. Total waste of my time. No plot, no character development, no story. It all takes place in a house. Action scenes are somehow both tense and boring. Lots of shooting at nothing when shooting does finally happen. Sure it’s probably realistic and if you’re into that then great. But reality is boring and this movie is really boring.

This movie is wildly overrated. If you remember the boredom in the movie Jarhead, this is another one like that, with 95% of it waiting inside a room, and 5% light action. That’s 95 minutes lost forever. Save your money and your time and give this one a hard pass.

We understand how extremely hard it is to maintain peace ✌️

First 30mins : War is boring After 30mins : War is brutal Ending sense: War is meaningless Brilliant plotting !!