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

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). This time, however, the assault on the senses lasts for almost the entire duration of the film – around 95 mins. The result is an unrelenting depiction of 21st-century battle which both invokes and disrupts t…

‘Warfare’ is a zoomed-in view of combat stripped to its essentials

When I settled into my plush theater seat to view Warfare on its opening weekend, I had done no research about the film. I anticipated the standard Global War on Terrorism fare: good guys and bad ones in an epic struggle watered down for the palates of Americans desperate for a denouement, and maybe a sappy love story for good measure. I have never been so grateful to be disappointed, even as the film kept me pinned to my seat, alternating betwe…

"Warfare," a war film directed by British filmmaker Alex Garland and veteran Ray Mendoza, was recently released. "Sniper of Donbas": a Ukrainian war film set in the midst of the invasion of Ukraine. "The Pact," a film about Afghanistan shot at a Spanish airbase. Mendoza was a member of the […]

‘Warfare’ Digital Release Date Revealed

The digital release date for A24’s Warfare, which released on April 11th and was directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland, has been revealed The post ‘Warfare’ Digital Release Date Revealed appeared first on Feature First.

Warfare: Forensic Lens on Memories of War

Procedures and processes ground Warfare in the concrete facts of war. The new film co-directed by Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza is a different kind of war movie. The history of war cinema leans into manipulative embellishment — whether critical or propagandistic — but Warfare opts for neutral observation. The concussive firefight at its center is meant to move the audience, not by ideological design, but through a visceral empathy for the totemic…

The great nothing of A24’s “Warfare”

via A24 Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland’s “Warfare” might frustrate audiences expecting the explosive heroics of a traditional war film centering around the U.S. military but that’s not the case. It’s pointless and meandering. Eventful but seemingly uneventful at the same time. But that’s exactly the point — and precisely what makes it so effective. This isn’t “Saving Private Ryan.” It’s not even “American Sniper.” “Warfare” dares to say what most …