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This heartstopping war movie with a 93% Rotten Tomatoes rating is one of the best Dolby Atmos movies of the year

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Warfare is Band of Brothers for the ‘war on terror’ generation

Back in 1998, Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan was widely acclaimed for the bloody realism of its opening scenes. In Warfare, co-directors Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland have achieved something very similar for the Iraq war (2003-2011).

The Conversation

What’s missing from Alex Garland’s Iraq movie Warfare? Context, motivation and, for the most part, Iraqis

I was there with US soldiers in 2006 and can see why the film-makers zoomed in on them so closely. But it results in glaring flaws, says Guardian senior international correspondent Peter Beaumont

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Warfare review – nerve-shredding real-time Iraq war film drags you into visceral frontline combat

Co-directors Alex Garland and former US Navy Seal Ray Mendoza recreate a 2006 battle with almost unbearable intensity – and a dazzling ensemble cast

The Guardian - UK

Ex Machina director's new movie with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score is a gory, brutal portrayal of war

Big Screen Spotlight | Warfare, co-directed by Annihilation's Alex Garland and former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza, blurs the line between fact and fiction

Total Film

Warfare cast reflect on their breakout roles: ‘I’m forever thankful’

Exclusive: The new war film stars a who’s who of rising stars – they pick the films that launched their careers

The Independent UK

Is Warfare the most realistic war film ever made?

In Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s brutal and immersive new film, memory informs the events that take place in real time to a unit of soldiers in Iraq

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An apolitical war film is impossible

The directors of "Warfare" claim their hyperrealistic movie has no message. That's not true at all

Salon

Iraq veteran and film-maker Ray Mendoza: ‘Writing Warfare with Alex Garland was like going to a therapist’

The former US Navy Seal on working alongside the Ex Machina director to produce a war movie that’s as true to life as possible

The Guardian - UK

Why 'Warfare' Has No Score—and What Michael Gandolfini, Kit Connor and Will Poulter Say About That Choice - INTERVIEW

Interview with the main actors of the new Alex Garland movie about how it will change the genre of war films.

Latin Times

D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai and Ray Mendoza Break Down the Brutal Truth Behind Their Movie 'Warfare'

The film, released by A24, reconstructs a 2006 mission in Ramadi, Iraq, in meticulous detail. Ray Mendoza, part of the SEAL team in the story, and D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, the actor who plays him, tell how it all went down.

Latin Times

How to watch Warfare

A24, Alex Garland war movie is now playing, here’s how to watch Warfare.

WhatToWatch

Alex Garland's Warfare Refuses To Soften the Blow of Combat

A Civil War follow up that depicts the bleak, meaningless, moment-to-moment terror of modern war.

Reason

‘Civil War’ filmmaker and a former SEAL built a new kind of combat movie in ‘Warfare’

Filmmaker Alex Garland has teamed up with former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza to make a new kind of war film

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Will Poulter's Warfare role 'was more objective'

Will Poulter has discussed his experience of filming 'Warfare', the Ray Mendoza-directed war movie.

Evening Standard

Will Poulter says there are ‘few truly anti-war films’

Speaking at a special screening of the film Warfare, the 32-year old described the film as dealing with the ‘consequences’ of war.

The Independent UK

Actor Noah Centineo speaks out on cancelation of The Recruit on Netflix: ‘It is what it is’

Netflix announced the cancelation of the CIA drama weeks after its season two premiere

Evening Standard

Warfare review: visceral real-time war film puts you in the thick of hell

4/5 This film by Alex Garland and ex-Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza is a technical triumph with visceral performances... just don’t expect politics

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Inverse

The Most Visceral Thriller Of The Year Is At War With Itself

Co-directed by Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza, 'Warfare' is terrifying and tense.

The Guardian - UK

Warfare review – film-makers’ message gets lost in the deafening blizzard of battle

Co-directed by Alex Garland and former soldier Ray Mendoza, this brutally accurate account of a US special forces mission gone wrong is viscerally immersive, but unaware of a point or a meaning beyond the horror

The Independent UK

Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s brutal Iraq film Warfare offers only violence – to its detriment

3/5 The director of ‘Civil War’ and a real-life Iraq veteran have rounded up a cast of young stars – including Will Poulter, Kit Connor and Charles Melton – for a film that focuses on a few hours of chaos in Ramadi province in 2006

Total Film

First reactions to Ex Machina director's "intense" new war movie are comparing it to Black Hawk Down

Warfare is co-directed by Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza

Latin Times

Social Media Users Rip A24 Over Upcoming Veteran-Directed Iraq War Movie 'Based on Memory': 'Is This a Sick Joke?'

The movie trailer, which has more than 32 million views on X, racked up thousands of deprecating comments about the film's subject matter.

WhatToWatch

Warfare: how to watch, reviews, trailer, cast, plot and everything we know

Warfare is co-written and co-directed by Alex Garland with an Iraq War veteran and features a large ensemble cast. Here’s what you need to know.

Total Film

Ex Machina and Civil War director is retiring from filmmaking after losing passion despite great reactions to his latest film

Garland's previously announced drama Warfare is still going ahead

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