Warfare

Name: Warfare
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Released: April 11, 2025
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 78

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A24 | Release Date: April 11, 2025 | R

Summary: Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs in the home of an Iraqi family, overwatching the movement of US forces through insurgent territory. A visceral, boots-on-the-ground story of modern warfare, told like never before: in real time and based on the memory of the people who lived it.

Genre(s): Action, Drama, War

Rating: R

Runtime: 95 min

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The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

Apr 23, 2025

The overriding impression, once the adrenaline has drained away, is of futility, waste and pointless destruction. Read full review

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Empire Alex Godfrey

Mar 28, 2025

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. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Apr 10, 2025

The highest praise I can offer Warfare, a tough, relentless movie about life and death in battle, is that it isn’t thrilling. It is, rather, a purposely sad, angry movie, and as much a lament as a warning. Read full review

David Fear

Apr 9, 2025

The only agenda in Warfare, in other words, is to give you a sense of not just what happened but how everything felt while it was happening. A tall order, to be sure, but one that Garland, Mendoza, their cast and the crew pull off shockingly well. Read full review

Ann Hornaday

Apr 9, 2025

Warfare is a process movie: It’s less interested in character development and “narrative” than in simply plunging viewers into an environment and giving us a sense of what life is like within it. Read full review

Screen Rant Mary Kassel

Mar 28, 2025

It's gripping and effective but doesn't have anything new to say. Read full review

Barry Hertz

Apr 7, 2025

Alternately tedious, cacophonous and stultifying, the latest show of force from writer-director Alex Garland following last year’s equally frustrating Civil War just might be the most unnecessarily unpleasant cinematic experience you will endure this year. Read full review

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