Warfare - Reviews

...the most harrowing – and honest – depiction of modern combat ever made.

Taken on its own, without context, “Warfare” is fierce; the film’s daring evacuation finale is one of many incredibly pulse-pounding sequences.

There’s a brutally efficient energy to this war movie recreating with 4K digital clarity a real incident involving US special forces on a chaotically failed mission in Iraq.

It's not an easy watch, but this war drama manages to do what many others haven't, which is to portray warfare as a brutal hell while still honoring the brave people who serve their country.

The formal experimentation of Warfare is built to pose questions, not answer them, but its silence rings louder than any anti-war speechifying ever could.

...an odd experience, at once overwhelming and numbing, immediate and clinical.

...is an exhilarating piece of work, because we have the luxury of experiencing it all, in all its power, at very close quarters, without getting hurt. Physically, in any case.

...is more of an art installation than a typical movie.

...offers a sobering glimpse into the pointless butchery of human life, and the indifference bred towards it, in the name of blind nationalism.

As a blistering exercise in sustained tension, Warfare works. Adrenaline fuels Warfare, not ideas.

Garland and Mendoza stretch cinematic tension to its limits, creating a violent, ear-splitting war film on the modern front line.

...the most intense cinematic experience of the year to date.

Truly, this incredible new film will go down among the greatest modern war films with the likes of Dunkirk, 1917 and The Hurt Locker.

The brutality of the firefight in the second half of Warfare is notable almost more for the psychological toll it takes than the physical violence it depicts.

...graphic, gruelling proof that war is hell.

This is a movie told in real-time and with a visceral sense of chaos and confusion.