Warfare

"Garland is working in peak form and with dazzling technical command..."

"An achievement, in this case, that seems to be saluting itself."

"A warning created from the wounds of a memory."

"It is hard to come away from “Warfare,” with its soldiers’ screams still ringing in your ears, and see the American military’s presence in Iraq as anything but a violent, misguided intrusion."

"A taut, harrowing reenactment... brings to mind the adage that war can best be described as interminable boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror."

"It is, rather, a purposely sad, angry movie, and as much a lament as a warning."

"[Gives] you a sense of not just what happened but how everything felt while it was happening."

"The filmmakers do achieve what feels like genuine authenticity in their depictions of combat..."

"It’s understandable that war causes filmmakers to take sides; "Warfare” is a triumphant example of how a war movie can leave you breathless with awe when it doesn’t."

"If a movie can be elegant and brutal at once, this one is."

"Together, Garland's virtuosity and Mendoza's first-hand experience create a masterful technical achievement that is, more important, emotionally harrowing."