Warfare

90/100 I feel like returning from my brief film hiatus with Alex Garland's Warfare (2025) was an amazing decision, as it is one of those films that remind us of how powerful a medium film is. From the beginning, Alex Garland has been really vocal about attempting to make an almost 1:1 war film, based solely on the testemonies of the soldiers who witnessed it, and to put it simply: he succeeded. Throughout the entire film I felt like I was almost a part of it. It feels raw and real. Everything from the cinematography to the acting to the audio design contributes to that experience, and it's just executed on such a high level. Before watching this film, I was worried that it'd be US propaganda, trying to justify the war in Iraq, however that wasn't the case at all. Garland's film instead serves us the raw reality of war, no bullshit, no glorification - just pure war. It shows us the perspective of the civilians, it shows us the horror of a reality the soldiers are living through, making the viewer decide for themselves what this war was. This film is a raw look at how war truly is. It's amazing.