Warfare
critic Reviews
, 93% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Narratively cut to the bone and geared up with superb filmmaking craft, Warfare evokes the primal terror of combat with unnerving power.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMark KermodeKermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)
I say this as a compliment and not as a criticism, I wanted it to end.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWendy IdeObserver (UK)
Warfare, by Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza, is the most forceful and unflinching depiction of combat since Edward Berger’s 2023 Oscar-winning All Quiet on the Western Front. It’s also one of the boldest and most formally daring.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJake WilsonSydney Morning Herald
While conventional entertainment value may not be the film’s strength, Garland and Mendoza have taken some impressive risks in throwing many of the rules of drama out the window.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDanny LeighFinancial Times
You could condense the story into a sentence, but Garland and Mendoza have such a taut hold on the material, seconds take on the drama of epics.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDonald ClarkeIrish Times
Many will retain understandable uneasiness about the project, but few could deny the technical brilliance and dedication to an austere brief. An essential watch. Though maybe just the once.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDavid SimsThe Atlantic
What if you stripped away all the hooky plotting typical of military dramas, and just put an unembellished skirmish from a real war on-screen? Would it still work as cinema? The answer is yes.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAglaia BerluttiEl nacional
Tough, direct and uncompromising, Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland's vision of 'Warfare' is more pessimistic than exciting. [Full Review in Spanish]
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMini Anthikad-ChhibberThe Hindu
Based on real events, and co-directed by a former Navy SEAL, this embedded view of combat offers terror and thrills in equal parts
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRachel HoExclaim!
Garland successfully continues his mission to challenge audiences to grasp the humanity within a conflict, even among viewers whose politics may not agree.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLael LoewensteinFilmWeek (LAist)
The sort of film where you're reverberating after it because it's just so powerful.
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