‘Warfare’ aims to be the most authentic Iraq War film yet

Warfare is a visceral and powerful outlier in a genre under fire from gratuitous tropes: Film review

Most people have a preconceived idea of a war film in their heads. Warfare does not meet that preconception. Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza, who serve as co-directors and co-writers on the project, limit the traditional "warfare" tropes to the film's title and nothing beyond.The film compels the viewer to take what they will from it, as it presents a stunningly realised and visceral recreation of a veteran's experience.Warfare is not a traditional…

Warfare Review: The Real Brutality of Combat

A24 Step into a different kind of war film with Warfare. Based on the real-life recollections of director Ray Mendoza during his time as a U.S. Navy SEAL during the Iraq War, the film chronicles one event during his deployment. The film features the recollections of other platoon members on November 19, 2006, presented in real time beginning from the main title. If you have been looking for a film that strips all of Hollywood’s glamor off of war…

Warfare's Alex Garland: 'Being anti-war is not the same as saying it should never happen'

Alex Garland and war veteran Ray Mendoza co-wrote and directed Warfare, a film that embeds the audience within a platoon of American Navy SEALs on an Iraqi surveillance mission gone wrong.

War is hell, and this film comes from someone who's been there

Dive into 'Warfare', a gripping portrayal of a Navy SEAL mission, blending reality with tension, authored by Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza.

Is Alex Garland's Warfare anti-war? Director breaks down stance

There’s a famous quote attributed to the legendary French New Wave filmmaker Francois Truffaut that posits there’s no such thing as an anti-war movie. “Every film about war ends up being pro-war,” the 400 Blows director told The Chicago Tribune back in 1973. It’s an interesting talking point, and one which may well spring to mind when watching Warfare – the latest film from Ex Machina and Civil War’s Alex Garland, which he has co-directed with f…

Waking in a gunfight with terrorists - film reveals Iraq war’s bloodiest fight

SURROUNDED by al-Qaeda fighters, US Navy Seal Ray Mendoza faced a hail of machine gun fire as he helped bring his wounded best pal to an armoured vehicle.  But far worse was to follow in the infamous battle for Ramadi in Iraq in 2006.  Murray CloseActors D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Joseph Quinn and Will Poulter in real-life action drama Warfare[/caption] Murray CloseThe film was written by former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza in a bid to help his sniper frien…