Warfare

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Warfare

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In Theaters Fri Apr 11

1h 35m

War

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Written and directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland (Civil War, 28 Days Later), Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs on a surveillance mission gone wrong in insurgent territory. A visceral, boots-on-the-ground story of modern warfare and brotherhood, told like never before: in real time and based on the memory of the people who lived it.

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Critics Consensus

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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Ray Mendoza

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Alex Garland

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Ray

Will Poulter

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Cosmo Jarvis

Elliott

Kit Connor

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Michael Ordoña

TheWrap

Perhaps the most effective way to convey that war is hell is to dump all the metaphors, story beats and shoehorned character development and just put the viewer in it, which this film accomplishes in a way very rarely seen in narrative cinema.

Apr 1, 2025

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Jordan Hoffman

Entertainment Weekly

They won't be showing this one at recruitment centers.

Rated: B-

Mar 28, 2025

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Kyle Logan

Chicago Reader

There is no doubt that Warfare is, to this civilian’s eyes and rattled ears, the most effective any film has been at not only communicating but sharing the mental state of soldiers in warfare.

Mar 28, 2025

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

The apolitical film offers no anti-war sentiments.

Rated: B

Apr 4, 2025

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Don Shanahan

Film Obsessive

The wide array of teamwork on display is downright inspiring to watch, with no glorious glows of assistive hero worship.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 3, 2025

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Tom Meek

Cambridge Day

The sound editing and subjective POVs are adroitly effective and the ensemble gives gritty goes from top to bottom

Rated: 3/5

Apr 1, 2025

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Synopsis

Written and directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland (Civil War, 28 Days Later), Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs on a surveillance mission gone wrong in insurgent territory. A visceral, boots-on-the-ground story of modern warfare and brotherhood, told like never before: in real time and based on the memory of the people who lived it.

Director: Ray Mendoza, Alex Garland
Producer: Andrew Macdonald, Mathew Penry-Davey, Allon Reich, Peter Rice
Screenwriter: Ray Mendoza, Alex Garland
Distributor: A24
Production Co: DNA Films
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Intense War Violence|Bloody/Grisly Images)
Genre: War, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 11, 2025, Wide
Runtime: 1h 35m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)