Warfare (2025)
First screened in December 2025

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Directors: Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland. Cast: Joseph Quinn, Kit Connor, Cosmo Jarvis, Will Poulter, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Nathan Altai, Heider Ali, Charles Melton, Finn Bennett, Noah Centineo, Adain Bradley, Aaron Deakins, Alex Brockdorff, Evan Holtzman, Henry Zaga. Screenplay: Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland.

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Photo © 2025 A24 / DNA Films

In Brief: Divisively but powerfully committed to a technically vivid, nearly real-time capture of the boredom and carnage of battle.

VOR: ③  Not the first stuck-in-place military action film. Another version might push further with theme or context. Still very potent for what it is.

Grade: B+

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