Warfare (MA 15+)

Based on memories of a battle in Iraq, Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s film is an astonishing evocation of the fire and fury of real conflict.

Written and directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland, 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.

Cast: Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Finn Bennett, Joseph Quinn, Noah Centineo, Henry Zaga, Taylor John Smith, Charles Melton, Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley, Evan Holtzman, Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai

Director: Alex Garland, Ray Mendoza

★★★★★ "the most forceful and unflinching depiction of combat since Edward Berger’s 2023 Oscar-winning All Quiet on the Western Front" OBSERVER UK

★★★★★ "Together, Garland's virtuosity and Mendoza's first-hand experience create a masterful technical achievement that is, more important, emotionally harrowing." BBC

★★★★★ "War is hell, and Warfare refuses to shy away from it. Free of the operatics of most supposed anti-war films, it’s all the more effective for its simplicity. It is respectfully gruelling." EMPIRE

★★★★★ "the most harrowing – and honest – depiction of modern combat ever made" DAILY TELEGRAPH UK

★★★★★ "This is a movie that’s as difficult to watch as it is to forget." TIMES UK

★★★★ "a technical triumph with visceral performances" EVENING STANDARD