The screams, the moans, the gunfire emerge suddenly, and “Warfare” becomes as embedded as a movie-goer would want to be.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 25, 2025

[Warfare's] emphasis on the subjectivity of war allows Mendoza and Garland to cut through the political and economic issues surrounding the Iraq War to instead focus on the experience of war in the moment, and the humanity within it.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Apr 25, 2025

Though it is almost impossible to urge people to drop everything to see Warfare, the searing simplicity and graphic honesty of the experience can only be commended highly.

| Apr 23, 2025

...the concept is far more intriguing than the finished result.

| Apr 21, 2025

Warfare, by Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza, is the most forceful and unflinching depiction of combat since Edward Berger’s 2023 Oscar-winning All Quiet on the Western Front. It’s also one of the boldest and most formally daring.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 21, 2025

Its power lies in the pared-back nature of the storytelling. Each element, from the choreography of the action to the violence conveyed through production design, is handled with skill.

| Apr 21, 2025

...what Garland and Mendoza have done is do away with all information they consider superfluous. Thus, there is no character development... [Full review in Spanish]

| Apr 21, 2025

...a cold, clinical film that hyperrealistically, almost in real time, recreates the ambush suffered by a U.S. patrol...[Full review in Spanish]

| Apr 21, 2025

In the case of Warfare, it feels like that bombastic Hollywood pomp has been stripped away and what we're watching is a more realistic take of the situation.

| Apr 21, 2025

One of the most realistic war films you will ever see - not only visually but with a soundscape that total immerses its audience.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 21, 2025

With a superb cast, characterized by brief and effective strokes, excellent sound and production design, and impeccable action choreography...Warfare stands as both a response and antithesis to films like 'Black Hawk Down'...[Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 20, 2025

Warfare is an immersive piece, difficult to watch yet impossible to ignore. But it also feels incomplete, like a found-footage flick without a proper story.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 20, 2025

There is no music, the enemies are barely shown and the entire film is shot at one location. This no-frills innovative approach creates a film so immersive, terrifying and gripping that you want to be evacuated, let alone have popcorn or coffee!

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 20, 2025

... [Warfare is] a brutal, raw, hyper-realistic, and harrowing chronicle of war. It's a film that hurts and upsets. And that's why it's necessary. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 20, 2025

WARFARE is one of the most intense and yet essential pieces of war cinema you’ll ever witness. Sound design, camera work, acting, all there! With a trusted sense of devotion to those who serve & a precision to cinematic immersion never seen. GREAT!

| Original Score: 10/10 | Apr 20, 2025

As it is, it’s still a devastatingly immersive plunge into the depths of combat hell with impeccable sound design and real grit to the filmmaking.

| Apr 20, 2025

One of the most immersive, intense, and authentic war films I've ever seen.

| Original Score: A | Apr 19, 2025

Warfare begins great but eventually becomes repetitive. The lack of character depth makes it feel aloof too. The attention to detail and authenticity is undeniable though.

| Apr 19, 2025

While conventional entertainment value may not be the film’s strength, Garland and Mendoza have taken some impressive risks in throwing many of the rules of drama out the window.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 19, 2025

Warfare is all played straight, almost as straight as the hilarious Dr Strangelove... But sadly, in this case, humorlessness in representing American madness doesn’t connote black comedy, just more phony war-is-hell theatrics.

| Apr 19, 2025