While Alex Garland is best known for science-fiction and horror (Ex Machina, Annihilation, Men, Devs), the writer/director took a realistic approach to societal collapse with last year’s blistering Civil War.
Now, he presents an even more authentic portrait of battlefield carnage and chaos with Warfare. Now in theaters, it’s a harrowing real-time drama about a U.S. Navy SEALs unit that, in 2006 Iraq, finds itself surrounded by enemies in a residential house. Co-directed by Ray Mendoza, a veteran (and long-time cinematic military advisor) whose experiences are the basis for its story, it’s a breakneck you-are-there nightmare marked by meticulous attention to moment-to-moment detail.
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