Official Trailer
Our Review
- Joseph Quinn, Noah Centineo, Will Poulter, Kit Connor
- April 18th 2025
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- Alex Garland, Ray Mendoza
Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor and Joseph Quinn star in Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s startling Iraq War thriller.
You may think you know what to expect from the war genre these days, but nothing can prepare you for how realistic and brutal Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s Warfare is.
This film, co-written and co-directed by Ex Machina’s Garland and Iraqi war veteran Mendoza, is a faithful re-enactment of what happened to Mendoza and his platoon of U.S. Navy SEALs in Ramadi, Iraq on 19 November 2006.
Mendoza – portrayed here by Reservation Dogs star D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai – and his team – including Sam (Joseph Quinn), sniper Elliott (Cosmo Jarvis), newcomer Tommy (Kit Connor) and leader Erik (Will Poulter) – are tasked with a surveillance mission.
They take over a family home to keep watch on possible threats – but the insurgents discover their location and launch an attack.
After the initial opening sequence (featuring a music video you wouldn’t expect in a war film), the rest of Warfare plays out in real time,...
