Warfare (Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza, 2025) Movie

civil war was good

 

Great cast. D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai (Reservation Dogs), Charles Melton (Riverdale, May December), Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things, Gladiator II), Kit Connor (Heartstopper). Cosmo Jarvis (Shogun), Finn Bennet (True Detective: Night Country), and Will Poulter

As far as this story goes I will keep an open mind. I do love a well done war film, but I am immediately wary of anything based on the word of ex-Navy Seals.

 

oh and Michael Gandolfini is gonna be in this too.

 

i shall engage with this in good faith

 

First trailer for Warfare is out!!

 

This looks to be based on the Second Battle of Ramadi in 2006. This battle was shown a little bit in American Sniper, and I have heard YouTube clips of that Jocko Wilnik guy talking about it before. I guess it was the second most brutal battle US troops fought in Iraq besides Fallujah.

 

Again the "everything is based on memory" tagline is killing me. Few things I trust less than the memory of Navy SEALs about what they did on the battlefield lol


Looks like it will be a sick film though. Seems like they're going for a straightforward heavy on combat less on plot approach like a Black Hawk Down or The Outpost, which were both great war films.

 

I respect the man for branching out and doing what he wants to do, but I just really hope he goes sci-fi with his next film.

 

Looks pretty intense. I really don’t see why someone being a veteran gives them the credentials to be a director. With their being a lot less modern war movies in theaters, I could see this being A24’s biggest movie.

 

They were a consultant on Civil War

 

Definitely. I’m just saying I’ve never seen a studio use the title of “Iraq War Veteran” for a director.