Warfare
Everything is based on memory. Irak-Kriegsfilm von Alex Garland (Civil War) und Veteran Ray Mendoza.
Besetzung: D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Cosmo Jarvis, Joseph Quinn, Will Poulter, Noah Centineo, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Charles Melton • US/GB 2025, 96 Min. • Buch & Regie: Alex Garland, Ray Mendoza • FSK 16 • Kinostart: 17. April 2025
Ein Platoon junger Soldaten soll das Haus einer irakischen Familie besetzen, um ein Gebiet abzusichern. Die Mission schlägt fehl und ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt. Alex Garland (Civil War, Annihilation, Ex Machina) inszenierte zusammen mit Veteran und Ex-Navy Seal Ray Mendoza einen beklemmenden Kriegsfilm in „Echtzeit“, der auf Mendozas eigenen Erlebnissen beruht.
A platoon of Navy Seals embark on a dangerous mission in Ramadi, with the chaos and brotherhood of war retold through their memories of the event. Written and directed by Iraq War Veteran and former US Navy Seal Ray Mendoza and Civil War’s Alex Garland, and starring D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley, Noah Centineo, Evan Holtzman, Henrique Zaga, , with Joseph Quinn, and Charles Melton.
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Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland plunge the audience into the hell of combat in visceral real-time nerve-shredder: This is painstakingly choreographed filmmaking as sustained high-wire act, though at no time does the sensory overload sacrifice verisimilitude to sensationalism.
Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza have pushed the concept of 'war is hell' to its logical, visceral and most infernal conclusion. This is a movie that’s as difficult to watch as it is to forget. It’s a sensory blitz, a percussive nightmare and a relentless assault on the soul.
This visceral, immersive real-time retelling of a surveillance mission gone horribly wrong is as raw and direct as its title suggests. Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza craft an unflinching, sharply authentic snapshot of combat that’s not about honour and glory, but desperation, fear and survival. It’s not for the faint-hearted either.
Warfare is a masterclass in building tension... One of the best films of 2025 so far, successfully capturing the grim, brutal, and unpredictable nature of warfare that only a handful of feature films truly have.
The most harrowing – and honest – depiction of modern combat ever made. 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.
