Warfare

"Everything is based on memory."

2025 1h 35m EN

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★7.1TMDB · 1,656

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A platoon of Navy SEALs embarks on a dangerous mission in Ramadi, Iraq, with the chaos and brotherhood of war retold through their memories of the event.

“Everything is based on memory.”

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Cast

D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
Ray
Will Poulter
Erik
Cosmo Jarvis
Elliott
Kit Connor
Tommy
Finn Bennett
John
Taylor John Smith
Frank
Michael Gandolfini
Lt. MacDonald
Adain Bradley
Sgt Laerrus

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ray Mendoza
Writers: Alex Garland, Ray Mendoza
Languages: Arabic, English
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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ERA

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Released last year.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Arabic, English.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ray Mendoza, shot by David J. Thompson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Fin Oates shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai and Will Poulter and Cosmo Jarvis carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Everything is based on memory.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt31434639 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Ray Mendoza directs. David J. Thompson behind the camera. Fin Oates cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in Arabic, English.

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1Released last year.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Arabic, English.
3International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
4Directed by Ray Mendoza, shot by David J. Thompson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Fin Oates shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai and Will Poulter and Cosmo Jarvis carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Everything is based on memory.".
8IMDB entry: tt31434639 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 10 themes, including "u.s. navy seal", "docudrama", "iraq war", "platoon".
10Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: David J. Thompson
Editing: Fin Oates
Production design: Mark Digby
Costume design: David Crossman
Makeup / hair: Paul Gooch
VFX supervisor: Simon Stanley-Clamp
Sound: Glenn Freemantle
Stunt coordinator: Giedrius Nagys
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $34,902,602
Return: 175% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Warfare (2025)

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CinemaSerf2025-04-20
★ 7/10
A squad of American soldiers seemingly randomly select an house in Ramadi and having relocated it’s sleeping occupants to the ground floor, set up a sniper station from where they can monitor the goings on around them. Initially, this all looks harmless enough as the Iraqi locals go about their business, but gradually the spotters become suspicious of repetitive activity, the odd person who seems to be snooping on them - and then, well all hell breaks loose leaving them facing an existential threat that will test their mettle, their equipment and require some feats of legerdemain if they are to survive long enough to be rescued. There is quite some intensity to this drama as the young men under siege must each deal with their fears, strengths and weaknesses under a constant stream of fire. Will Poulter’s “Erik” leads the team, but the best effort for me came from his comms man “Ray” (D’Pharoah Woon-A-Tai) and, though sparingly, from Kit Connor’s rookie “Tommy” who, like us watching, had no idea what they were doing in this house and what the purpose of their mission actually was in the first place. There isn’t so much a script as an increasingly nervous dialogue that disintegrates as their predicament becomes more perilous and the photography and particularly the audio serve really well in conveying a sense of the lethally claustrophobic atmosphere in which these men had to function. Real veterans wrote the story, advised the production and that shows in something that is certainly incomplete from a narrative perspective, but is uncomfortably enthralling to watch and graphically displays the horrors of urban warfare.
r96sk2025-04-25
★ 8/10
<em>'Warfare'</em> ends up as expected: bleak and miserable. The sound design is truly outstanding, such fine work ensures that you hear and feel everything. The plot being told in real time makes it rather captivating too, the tone of either trepidation or torment is omnipresent. Well, I say omnipresent, that's taking out the opening scene. I was not expecting that! Very fun though and a good way to show a snapshot of the camaraderie. It shouldn't work because it's not like it matches the rest of the film, but I gotta say I really loved it. What a tune, by the way. It's a fairly stacked cast list, from Will Poulter to Joseph Quinn to Charles Melton to Michael Gandolfini to D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai. No-one actually stands out individually, but I think that's entirely a good thing because it obviously isn't a story about any one person - it's about all of them.
MovieGuys2025-05-07
★ 7/10
"Warfare" is as simple a statement as you can get, on the reality of conflict. Warfare can be dull, even bureaucratic, with its own language, spoken over radio in codes. Equally, its frenetic, violent and horribly visceral. We see all of these aspects of war, in this film. I'll admit its depressing, sad, underlining in blood, the wastefulness of war. Mind you, that's what war is. Not heroic, symphonic, grandiose. Suffice to say, I liked this film. Its unpretentious and makes you question, not only the need for war but attempts to make it appear noble, when clearly, its nothing of the kind. In summary, a realistic portrayal of the true face of war. Something every young person, thinking of joining the military, should watch.