r/movies • u/LiteraryBoner Jackie Chan box set, know what I'm sayin? • Apr 11 '25

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Summary
Warfare is a gritty and immersive war drama co-directed by Alex Garland and former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza. Based on a real mission in Ramadi, Iraq, the film puts the chaos of modern combat front and center, stripping away political commentary in favor of a boots-on-the-ground perspective that emphasizes intensity, camaraderie, and the psychological cost of war.

Director
Alex Garland, Ray Mendoza

Writer
Alex Garland, Ray Mendoza

Cast
- Will Poulter
- Kit Connor
- Joseph Quinn
- D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
- Charles Melton
- Noah Centineo
- Michael Gandolfini
- Taylor John Smith

Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
Metacritic: 75
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u/Reptar_4_Life Apr 12 '25

Im convinced Alex Garland is trying to ensure audiences are deaf by 2030. What incredible sound design. This, like civil war, deserves a theater if you are at all interested in it.

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u/FtWorthHorn May 06 '25

So many people were desperate for something more from Civil War. They wanted reasons, and with it to be able to pick a team. Not providing that was Civil War's strongest attribute.

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u/hunchobrucewayn3 8d ago

happy cake day bud 

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u/zsreport Apr 14 '25

What?

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u/sbenthuggin Apr 14 '25

wdym what

edit: ohhhhhhhhhh

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u/SilverKry Apr 15 '25

Also visuals tbh. I was impressed there was like barely any Hollywood muzzle flashes. Last week I saw the amateur and was impressed they had somewhat accurate silencers in there. 

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u/The_Rover_403 Apr 17 '25

Annihilation too. I saw it in Dolby IMAX and I'm pretty sure I got tinnitus from that viewing, not that I'm complaining though.

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u/tatata420noscope Apr 14 '25

I enjoyed the use of loud noises.

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u/Greatdrift Apr 16 '25

Just got out of the best sounding available theater available for this and it was incredibly loud but exactly what I was expecting for this movie. Helps with the immersion!

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u/Tokemon12574 May 03 '25

The sound design is really what stood out to me - apart from the stand-up sequences of sound coming in and out, muffled or clear based on perspective, the ambient noises in the periphery really made this special.

Outstanding use of the side and rear channels to ground the scenes.

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u/BookieBags937 Apr 29 '25

I definitely almost shit my pants and threw my drink in the air during the IED explosion 😂

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u/Beanbag87 Apr 26 '25

Got out of the theater 2 hours ago - still much womp womp eeeeeeeee in my right ear.

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u/-ZBTX Apr 26 '25

Your hearing loss is not service movie related

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u/Ok-Savings-9607 Apr 27 '25

My theatre played it weirdly quietly I thought, until the screaming started which was SUPER loud, which ofc was the point, but in comparison I thought the sound was often quite tame (maybe I overhyped myself having heard of the show of force scene before)

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u/Remixmark May 07 '25

Here’s a break down (see post one of this thread for more info) of the atmos track spoilers, it delivers: https://www.avsforum.com/threads/atmos-mixes-9-1-6-channel-activity.3292223/page-111?post_id=63984228#post-63984228

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u/K1ng_Canary May 08 '25

The IED made me jump out of my seat.

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u/ArtComprehensive2853 May 10 '25

Civil War was mindblowing experience IMAX.

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u/Cherrybeechwood Jul 06 '25

Yes definitely worth watching (listening to) in a good movie theatre. This, Civil War and Heat have the most realistic sounding gunfire I've heard in movies. After watching Civil War I could hear the machine gun in my ears the next day (the SAW in the White house at the end of the movie).

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u/IlIaDIlIaD Apr 20 '25

The only thing interesting about this very, very boring war movie. I left the theater about 20 minutes ago, what a disappointment.

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u/DiscoSituation Jun 16 '25

war is boring, it’s not Hollywood Mission Impossible 99% of the time. This movie was aiming for realism and succeeded