Here is My Movie Review of Warfare

 

Here is My Movie Review of Warfare

Now when this film was announced I was somewhat interested because it is an A24 film and those films are always fun and entertaining. But the other reason is that it is a war film now. When it comes to war films I enjoyed them. Some of my favorites include 1917, The King among many others. So I watched this film and I have to say this is probably one of the best war films I have ever seen because it showed the heartbreaking nature and the darkness of the war that happened in 2006. That is of course The Battle of Ramadi because of the really brutal and really dark time in the early 2000s. The other thing that was really terrific is the performances which I'll get to later but this has got to be one of the best acted War films of all time. Also this is probably one of the best films of 2025 now I will say I think Movies like The Long Walk and Thunderbolts* are much better films. But this film was still really fun and really entertaining. 

Now the storyline is really incredible because it focuses on The Iraq War That happened in 2006 and you have this Soldier named Ray Mendoza Who is the leader of the Alpha one which was this group of soldier that fought in the bow of Ramani and they had to team up with the alpha two team Led by Jake and they had to work together to to survive the war and take down Iraq. That is essentially what the story is and this has to be one up there with Death of a unicorn with Paul Rudd and one of the best storylines of 2025 because this really happened in real life. The soldiers did have to fight in this war in 2006. 

Now as perfect as the story is for this movie the best thing in this movie is the performances because this has got to be one of the best acted War films of all time I think everyone Gives excellent and terrific performances. I still think the acting in this film is up there with the acting in 1917 from 2019 I was the best acted War films of all time. 

However the absolute big standout of the entire film is D’Pharaoh Woon A-Tal as Ray Mendoza who gives a really magnificent and probably one of the best performances of 2025 because he put so much heart and emotion into his performance. Now Ray Mendoza as a character is really accurate to how he was in real life because this was the commander of the Alpha One team he really wanted to take down Al Qaeda Of Iraq And serve the US and protect our country. The scenes with Ray Mendoza are incredible whether it is him leading his team into war or him giving his team orders to fight back against Iraq did lead to some really powerful and captivating moments in the film because the stuff oh because the stuff that he did all happened in real life. The chemistry between him and Will Poulter, Joseph Quinn, Cosmo Jarvis  is terrific. 

Now let's talk about Will Poulter. He is a really terrific actor. He has given some really awesome and entertaining performances like in Guardians of The Galaxy Volume 3, Detroit, Death Of A Unicorn. Now in this film I have to say he was probably my favorite performance in this entire film because he plays the character of Erik tremendously. He gives a really emotional and really incredible performance and you can tell that he is having a lot of fun in this film. Now the character of Erik is incredible because he is really accurate to how he was in real life because he did fight in The Iraq War in 2006 and was the leader of his Soldier team to protect the US from the Iranian soldiers. The scenes with Erik are tremendous whether telling his team to look out for other Iraq soldiers or him leading his team on to the battlefield it does lead to some really heart pounding and suspenseful moments in the film because in real life Eric did have to lead his team into battle to fight off the Iraq soldiers. The chemistry between him and D’Pharaoh Woon A-Tal  is incredible. 

Cosmo Jarvis plays Elliot in the film and I have to say his performance is probably one of the most entertaining. It was the most emotional performance of the entire film because he probably gives one of the best performances of 2025. Now the character of Elliott is much like the rest of the characters is really accurate to his real-life counterpart because this is a person who did fight in the Iraq War with Erik and Ray who led the war against Iraq. The fiends with Elliot are incredible whether it is him and his team avoid being bombed by the Iraq soldiers when their base gets blown up Or him and his team shooting a bunch of Iraqi soldiers have the US win the war and it did lead to some really scary and some really horrifying moment throughout the film because this all happened in real life the US had to fight Iraq to the death so Iraq went take over the US and turn it into a Dictator country when  the Iraqis take over the country and cause more war. The chemistry between him and D’Pharaoh Woon A-Tal is spectacular. 

Now let's talk about Joseph Quinn because he is a tremendous actor because he is giving some really awesome and terrific performances like in Stranger Things, Fantastic 4 First Steps, A Quiet Place Day One. Now with this film I still think he  did a spectacular job as the character of Sam because he probably gives one of the most emotional and the most magnificent performances of the entire film because you can tell that he is having a lot of fun as this character. Now the character of Sam is accurate to how he was in real life because he had to fight in the Iraq war with his team to take down the Iranian soldiers to protect the US from being obliterated and you can tell that he really cares about his team and wants them to survive in the war. The scenes with Sam are tremendous Whether it is him trying to help an injured Soldier through the war or him bonding with Erik it does lead to some really emotional and really terrifying moments In the film because in real life soldiers did get injured in the Iraq War and they desperately tried to help their team by preventing them from dying. The chemistry between him and D’Pharaoh Woon A-Tal is brilliant. 

Taylor John Smith plays Frank in the film and his performance is probably the most entertaining and probably one of the most captivating performances of the entire film because you can tell that he is having a lot of fun in this film playing this character. Now much like the rest of the characters in this movie Frank is accurate too in real life counterpart because he did fight in the Iraq war trying to protect the US from being killed by the Iraq soldiers and wanting to serve the country and protect the US from being attacked by Iraq. The scenes With Frank are probably some of the most brutal things in this film whether it is him walking through the smoke and trying survive and avoid suffocating to death and trying to get to his team or him begging for his team to help him and it does lead to some really brutal and heart pounding moments because they realize people did die in the Iraq War due to getting shot or stuff getting through play this gas. It is probably one of the most brutal moments of the entire film. The chemistry between him and D’Pharaoh Woon A-Tal is fantastic. 

However the best thing about this movie is the directing by Ray Mendoza  And Alex Garland Now the most interesting thing is that Alex Garland is  really talented director because he A lot of awesome and entertained films like Ex Machina, Men, Dred 2012,  and Annihilation I have to say they did a terrific job directing the film because why I like about their directing is that a deal a magnificent job of showing the darkness in the downright depressing time of the Iraq war because maybe people died in that war it was really hard for people to survive because the US were trying to fight against iraq And survive and protect our country. I also like how they don't hold back on the violence because in this film you see soldiers suffocating and getting shot. They even get their base blown up by the Iranian soldiers and if some of them are brutal moments to watch, they capture the darkness of war perfectly. I think they did a terrific job directing the film. 

So in conclusion I surprisingly  really like this film because the way it depicts the Iraq  war  was super accurate just showing all the brutal candles of soldiers getting hurt and almost dying. I also like how the film did not hold back on its violence by showing the brutal and scary things about war because you see  soldiers game shot at dying of poisonous gas. So this film definitely utilized its R rating perfectly. The best thing about this film are the performances. The two stand out performances in the film are Will Pluter and Joseph Quinn because those two gave the best performances in the film and you can tell that both of them are having a lot of fun in the film.The cinematography in the film is also really terrific to look at how it depicts the location of Iraq of how dirty and grimy it is because it's trying to depict what war was like back then and it does a magnificent job of doing it. This is probably in my top 10 best films of 2025. This is definitely in my top 5 favorite War films of all time. I highly recommend you watch this film especially if you like Dunkirk with Cillain Murphy. Then I'm sure you're going to like this one as well. I give this movie a 10/10.