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.
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    Mark KermodeKermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)
    I say this as a compliment and not as a criticism, I wanted it to end.
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    Wendy 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.
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    Jake 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.
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    Danny 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.
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    Donald 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.
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    David 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.
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    Aglaia BerluttiEl nacional
    Tough, direct and uncompromising, Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland's vision of 'Warfare' is more pessimistic than exciting. [Full Review in Spanish]

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    Mini 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
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    Rachel HoExclaim!
    Garland successfully continues his mission to challenge audiences to grasp the humanity within a conflict, even among viewers whose politics may not agree.
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    Lael LoewensteinFilmWeek (LAist)
    The sort of film where you're reverberating after it because it's just so powerful.
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