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Written and directed by Iraq War Veteran Ray Mendoza and Civil War’s Alex Garland, and starring D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley, Noah Centineo, Evan Holtzman, Henrique Zaga, , with Joseph Quinn, and Charles Melton. WARFARE - In Theaters 2025.
RELEASE DATE: 2025
DIRECTOR: Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland
CAST: D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley, Noah Centineo, Evan Holtzman, Henrique Zaga, , with Joseph Quinn, and Charles Melton.
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This is the most accurate war film I've ever seen. At the beginning I was giddy ready for an action flick, but by the end of it I was watching it as more of a documentary. Almost like it was filmed during the events. Everything was flawless. It really took me back. The uniforms, the way people behave under stress in combat, the SOPs, the lingo, the behavior, the little details like gear accountability, I mean everything was depicted just like real life. There was no soundtrack. There was no clear cut story. It was just an op gone wrong from start to finish. No nonsense or filler. This is not Blackhawk Down. This is not Saving Private Ryan. This is a very methodical movie that portrays how combat occurred during the GWOT down to the very minute details.
Honestly this movie probably won't win any awards, but if you're interested in seeing what the war in Iraq is really like, go see this film. It's solid. I give it a solid 10/10. If you're a vet, go see this if you can handle it. This is a movie by vets for vets.
Sets a new standard for me in terms of sound design. The way the guns sounded real, not just LOUD. I love how they used the different radio channels to imply PoV - you're hearing what the person you're 'riding along with' would have been hearing at that moment. Incredibly well done.
Seems like it makes a big difference having a vet who was actually there co direct and write this movie. Can’t wait to see it!
Just saw this and I couldn't agree more with your comment. Always growing up hearing war stories from service members and older gents from the Korean war I had the honor of speaking with, it really brings to the forefront how ACTUAL war is. You panic (it's an uncontrollable response), you freeze, and you may hesitate when explosions and gunfire are so close to you that your brain and body don't know what to do even for trained people that know what they are about to get into. It's unreal how this film depicts what I can only imagine actual war is like. It's very fucking ugly and inhuman but it gave me so much more respect for war veterans that come back home and even more for those that never come back. The lack of soundtrack and focus on environmental sounds and pain other soldiers are going through really puts you in the moment and gives you a slight glimpse as to what those Men went through.
I 100% agree. You pretty much hit the nail on the head. I was getting flashbacks just watching it. I saw it in the Dolby Cinema where you're literally surrounded by speakers so that added to the overall experience and I actually jumped during the IED scene. The speakers in and around my seat gave me an "Oh shit" kinda feel when the explosion happened which is exactly what it's like to experience it. All in all I hope it gets the recognition that it deserves and is a box office success. It should definitely turn a profit given that the budget doesn't appear to be that much. Lastly, I hope Eric Prydz is grateful for the spike in views and streams for his song Call on Me because I pretty much guarantee that the majority of people leaving the theater looked it up afterwards. I did.
@@Mr_Porter The IED scene completely threw me off guard. Literally jumped in my seat and I have no army experience. Cant imagine watching that scene as a veteran. Pure adrenaline.
Amazing movie with insane realism.
A24 on a war movie spree... would not have anticipated that a few years ago
They’ve made them for a while. They made The Kill Team in 2018(iirc) which was really solid and had a great performance from Nat Wolff & Alex Skarsgard
Civil War was awful
@@dizgroontled I thought it was great.
@@dizgroontled Plot was not great but visually and sound wise was excelent, effects too
@@daniell3471effects and sound were lacking from a realistic perspective but the plot was kinda cool I guess
British actors are so good at playing American soldiers, idk why!
A good chunk of British actors play other roles as well in Hollywood movies
Because they're better actor's I guess.
Can't lie, as a brit we are pretty good at acting as other nationalities.
Not always
@@RyanG0899 Dont kid yourself buddy
As an Iraq War veteran that served in Baghdad, I can confirm that this movie is intense. My father, an 82 year old Vietnam veteran, even had to turn down his hearing aids. My mother walked out. It's not for the faint of heart, but I want to encourage everyone who can handle it to go see it. The portrayal of modern combat is beyond realistic.
I’m from Br and very anxious to watch this movie, i can’t understand why people are criticizing this, can you explain for me?
@@Miguelgoissssit’s and accurate depiction of a iraq operation gone wrong. People don’t like the movie because it takes place during the iraq war in which America had no reason to be their
لقد قتلتم الابرياء وتحولون اثبات انكم مظلومون لكم يوم
So your a war maniac who thinks murdering innocent people abroad is a heroic and courageous act when in fact it's despicable, dishonourable and you should be charged for war crimes. You disgust me
This isn't really modern combat though, even the cartels use FPV drones now. Modern combat is way scarier than this, unfortunately.
Came for film trailer, leaving with PTSD.
Thank you A24
You can have mine if you want it
😂😂😂good shit brother , welcome to the club…
my thoughts exactly 👍
haha fr bro just after watching the trailer, i feel like was fighting in the actual movie 😂
Samsies. I knew I shouldn’t have watched it.
MIDDLE OF WAR.
Soldier: - I have 2 magazines left for my pistol and 1 for my rifle.
Kenny: - You guys are getting guns?
lmao
lololol I was wondering why he looked so freaking familiar!
Omfg I ain’t even realize til I read this 😂😂😂
😂😂😂 0:17
As the adage goes:
“When you’re short on everything but the enemy, you’re in combat.”
Saw it yesterday in IMAX early access. It's not what you think it will be. If you have a history of PTSD, please reconsider. Warfare is chaos. It would make anyone reconsider joining the military.
it's so fucking good but DAMN it's so INTENSE! I've never seen anything like it
Dude literally. I was sweating the entire time.
My hands were SO sweaty
I have PTSD from my OIF deployment in 2003. I was considering going to see this by my gut was telling me maybe not. Your comment is making me think I wait to stream it instead so I can stop it if need be.
holy shit i have tickets for tonight and im so excited and scared, have veterans in the family I invited.......
This movie was one of the best ive ever seen. The sound design is second to none. Its not just a war movie, this is a horror movie through and through.
war, ... war never changes...
I was on the edge of my seat!!@
War is horror
@@f.aaa1 yes it is, did a tour in 2014.
Served in Ramadi, Fallujah, and all throughout 03-04, looking forward to watching this.
These movies seem to pop up every time army is low on recruitment.
We need some combat deployments, not movies
Can you blame young white men for not wanting to fight for this country?
I don't mind them making movies about us. It's better than a movie about you.
@@Mostlethalrather have them make movies on interesting people and not the same ole army
@@Mostlethal ouch struck a nerve
Will Poulter went from that funny looking guy from "We're the Millers" to this. Now that's a good actor.
Eyebrows!
Narnia 😂
The Bear
Guardians 3
He's actually a great actor. Adaptable to many roles and genres. Check out his work
If anyone is confused, Ray Mendoza was the military technical advisor on the Alex garland movie “civil war” hes the operator that says “break out break out” and throws chem lights on the ground during the CQB scene in the white house and hes the sniper (with mustache) in this biopic
So, is there anything worth knowing about him?
I loved Civil War. I am really looking forward to this one.
@@carbonsnail014 oh definitely man, this movie however will actually give insight on the man himself, if anything, the execution of this isnt like any typical war biopic too, so you will definitely see his accolades play out 💯
@@EerieV23 dude same here, Ray Mendoza story is quite interesting tbh
@@carbonsnail014He’s another SEAL who can’t keep his mouth shut 🤷🏻♂️ Not much else.
Just watched this yesterday. Incredible, haunting movie. I saw another comment here saying you should reconsider watching this movie if you have PTSD. I would agree. This is not a movie that will have you leaving feeling good. I left this movie and was in a bad mood for the rest of the day, but only because of the impact the movie had on me.
The mine scene got me yiking
@@yow_nate5126 I doubt I can see this movie...I am weeping just from watching the trailer...So, I'm out, looks like a great movie but it is a movie I am unable to see. Good luck to everyone...
@@nickolausfrey7307 In my mind I wrap my arms around you.
Ditto, I drove home with PTSD!
@ ik right ? 😭😭😭
Navy corpsman Iraq vet here who treated many injured civilian, marines, sailors and unlucky enough to see what the expectant tent is in the Shock Trauma Platoon. I will probably have strong feelings watching this movie. But thank you for making it. Many people have forgotten why today veterans still have mental issues. We need to protect our veteran healthcare.
RIP the 7 Seabees from the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Fourteen (NMCB-14) May 2, 2004. Fair winds and following seas.
Semper Fi Devil Doc
I served in NMCB 40. Had the privilege to work with men and women NMCB 25 in Iraq 2006. Then NMCB 14 and 26 in Kuwait 2007/2008. Heard stories of what happened to those who lost in NMCB 14. Could tell how it affected them. NMCB 25 took a few causalities while we were there. Sad situation. Luckily didn’t have anyone killed. We did have a few injured in an IED.
Thanks for your service, Doc. Saw the expectant tent, huh? God have mercy on you, man.
The Iraqis have terrorized you. There are soldiers who returned to America with psychological problems, and some of them committed suicide.
I still dont understand what makes you americans so prou to destroy other peoples lives, this movie shows realy good how americans destroy other lives and play a good guy at the end.
Smart to say, "This movie is based on memory"
"I was high when I wrote the script"
@sirhoopalot1 SEALs 🤷🏿♂️
@@sirhoopalot1😂😂😂😂😂
It’s from people who were there
@MrGleeiscool i get what you mean, but these days seems like every SEAL is calling out another one for how something went down. Too many of them wrote books "based on a true story" that have been proven otherwise. It's a smart move on his part, if it's written from memory and a singular perspective, nobody should be able to call it out
Brought to you by Weapons of Mass Destruction that never existed.
Only fools think our adversaries don't have WMD's.. lies or not, underestimating your opponent is the quickest way to lose
Thank Israel
Watch them absolutely downplay the warcrimes US were part of in Iraq and watch them downplay the horrors they put the Iraqi people through, and then switch this into a PTSD sob story for veterans who were ordered to go into a foreign country and destabilize it. Any veteran with integrity would denounce what the US did in Iraq. You can see in 1:54 they try portray the US soldiers as protecting Iraqi civilians, pathetic. See what I mean? And then they'll show the Arab fighters as bad and careless to their people. Search up the Haditha Massacre yall. One of the many. Learn the truth.
@@vladvladimirov4399For I handed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures; that he was buried; that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures
1 Corinthians 15:3
mate our military industrial complex stocks went through the roof thanks to Iraq + Afghanistan. thank you for your service [on behalf of the shareholders]
I'm a military veteran, and anyone looking to join the military needs to see this movie. It's the most accurate war film ever made hands down.
Just got back from a deployment in the middle east. Didn’t see any action, biggest thing was drones being shot down and missiles flying overhead to Israel, i look up to the veterans that served in early GWOT, they are a big reason why i joinee the Army
@@kevinc.cucumber3697just go to Iraq or Afghanistan
I'd love to fight for my country (usa), but the problem is.. who am i really fighting for? iykyk.
Hey, military veteran - what did u fight for on the other side of the world? U have no business there, u did no "service" for anybody, except killing innocents. Oh yea, so intense. Ure a pos.
Dude, thank you for this comment- I'm seeing the movie tonight and I am planning on joining the military this year!!
A24 got that pentagon money I see.
I wonder if they'll have balls to do a story on all these mercenaries blowing up teslas at rumptower or is that Netflix territory.
This will probably be another a24 "banger" about how whitey is really not that great👌
Npc
Does not look like it. Otherwise they would be using real vehicles and not CGI. I wonder if it's an indication of the political stance the movie will be taking, as the only requirement for DoD to lend vehicles for a movie is to not criticize the army in the movie.
@@Ormusn2o is there no money consideration?
I wonder if they'll find weapons of mass destruction in this movie.
lmaooooooooooooo, no they will just start the largest heroin growing operation in human history
Legends tell us that Bush is still looking for them
@@alessandramaria00out there with a magnifying glass
@@user-dm8kz8ul8h
And *Combing* the dessert.
I hear tell, he ain't found sh*t.
I mean… Netanyahu said they had them. He also said he’s letting proper aid in to Gaza so he’s surely reliable!
It’s crazy to see other studios continue to flounder while a24 out here making absolute bangers across any genre.
No that's just your opinion, it's not actually true..a24 makes garbage movies for pretentious assholes
They give creators the freedom to make their vision come to life without much studio interference, it seems
A24 is universally made fun of for making the most generic pseudo intellectual movies lol
@@AthelstanKing
And yet it’s better at making films that most big budget film companies now. So those who make fun of them just seem like drones who would hate actual creative films that make them sit on the edge of their seat unlike their genetic NPC ass films of the same garbage
They take risks that other studio won't and it's giving us some amazing cinema
This movie was way too realistic compared to other war movies, genuinely was shaken up after the movie. Especially with my past experiences, 10/10.
@drizzycarlos8397 drowning in addrenaline numbing bodily functions is a lot to work through. I don't miss it, but I know it too well also. The more I got blown up the easier it was to adapt. By the end of it I forgot my own family and friends. All I knew was my weapons systems and hunting in a pack of wild animals.
no, just woke propaganda for people who despise America but still won't leave.
Yea, past experience of being involved in something where u don't belong.
Gave up my girlfriend and my family
Traded 'em in for an M16
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Iraq
I don't care if I ever come back
From poor families how far we roam
So the rich kids can just stay at home
When I come home with PT-SD
The VA Hospital won't care for me
I'll probably end up homeless out in the dark
To get played on screen by Marky Mark.
😢
Your life gets destroyed for destroying those of others in lands that aren't your own.
@@splittingvoid7923 fair trade
@@splittingvoid7923 first stop hitting skyscrapers with planes
@@splittingvoid7923that isn't very kosher
I walked out, right after the first IED hit and the squad had to collapse back into the building. I wasn't a Seal, i was a Sergeant Major in the Dutch Army, stationed in Uruzgan, Afghanistan. And i have seen war. I lived it, every time we went out of the gate. Every TIC, IED, VBIED, suicide bomber, is still what keeps me awake at night. So i walked out of the theatre. Not because i thought the movie sucked, but because it triggered a response, inside of me, i did not want people in the theatre to see. And even now, i'm crying, because of the men i lost, the wounded, forever scarred by war. I will return to the movie, but at home, where i am safe.
So incredibly sorry for your loss. Thank you sincerely for your service. ❤
What were you doing in Afghanistan anyway
@2009-rvq Remember 9/11? The US acted on article 5 of NATO, which states, if a NATO member is attacked, all of NATO is attacked. We answered the call.
I can't thank you enough for what you did. You made it back. Take care of yourself-and any other vet who's suffering.
@@LindasGamingCorner Thank you for your honesty and reminder of the brutality and lingering trauma. My best wishes for you to someday not be afflicted by the torment of those memories and to find peace.
Had the privilege to meet the director and watch an early screening of this film. As someone going into Navy special ops, this movie is NOT propaganda. It shows the horrors of being in a firefight, and really emulates how easy it is to be killed and the fear of knowing that. Very solid war film, and the director was very down to earth, worth supporting
When is this released for the public?
@@jcnarasimhan4218 Middle of April.
USS Liberty says U.S. military is cuckold to Israel..
@@jcnarasimhan4218April 18 in UK.
@@jcnarasimhan4218April 11th in the states. Can’t wait myself, looks like an awesome flick.
This looks like A24's grittiest film yet, and with veteran advisors, it has the potential to be one of the most authentic war films in years. The cast is phenomenal; definitely looking forward to seeing this one.
It is the most authentic war film ever made as far as I'm concerned.
@@K10Housesaving private Ryan begs to differ
@@IBagels nah Saving Private Ryan got the Hollywood taste, focuses more on story than the experience. This one makes you feel like you're with them
Ray Mendoza won a Silver Star for the real life event.
For this, somebody better win an Oscar is all I'm saying.
Sound designers have entered the chat
Yeah, war criminals get medals too.
@@billbaggins1688 Can you point to the war crime in this? Bet anything you say isnt actually a warcrime.
Nobody here is winning an Oscar. This isn’t an Oscar bait movie, this is real. An oscar is an insult
@@floki_vt Lying to get a war started probably should be.
After seeing Will Poulter in The Bear, can't get enough of his acting skill. Bro's come a long way since Narnia and is killing it. Hope he gets more big roles.
He's great in everything he's in, even Midsommar.
"You guys are getting paid?" 😂
Love him in Black Mirror Bandersnatch
. 👍👍
Maze runner
Kit Connor, Joseph Quinn, Charles Melton, Noah Centineo and Will Poulter in the same movie? WHAT A CASTING 💥
Cosmo Jarvis too. He's criminally underrated actor and musician. He was great in shogan
I don't know ANY of these people!
How dare you leave out Anjin-sama
@@jinhunterslay1638 you have some movies and series to watch then
You forgot Michael Gandolfini!?!?!?! 🔥
I've never seen anything like this movie. It left me shook to my core.
"we have a severly wounded"
"whos the severly wounded"
"its not you"
"is it me? who is it?"
i feel like this is great piece of dialogue for a war film. 1:09
severely*
Meanwhile its the gayest part of the trailer 😂
@@TaxidermiedMessiah im trying to figure out what's gay about a brother still in the mindset of caring about his brothers. Even if he's wounded. I served as a Recon Marine during the GWOT years. You sound like a coward.
"Help the bombardier"
@@TaxidermiedMessiah what is that even supposed to mean
You can immediately tell that this was made by a veteran!
I hate war movies where you can see that the actors handle their weapons poorly, etc.
But this film is made as realistically as possible-the way the actors carry their weapons, radio procedures, etc.
False.. this looks terribly done
@@LoganErrok
@@LoganErrBeing a contrarian doesn’t make you unique ya know?
Who cares. It’s still US war mongering propaganda.
@@LoganErr It's not even remotely false, it was directed by a navy seal & this is based on real events they went through. You are such a nerd.
Cosmo Jarvis was INSANE in Calm with Horses. Such an underrated actor.
And in shogan. He's a great musician too
In Shogun his perfomance was terrible on my opinion
@@TOFIKSIZEPIK228I think that the scene in which Blackthorne is trying not to cry shows that he's talented but the creators tried to subvert the white savior narrative but accidentally made the character passive.
@@TOFIKSIZEPIK228 In fairness he had to say I SEEK SAFE PASSAGE FOR ME AND MY MEN about a billion times
At this point I don't think anyone on the internet knows what the word underrated means.
this movie will single handedly bring recruitment numbers down lmao, its that eye opening
Crazy part is that in the real world , it’s still 10x worse than what was shown in this movie.
or up, the feeling of brotherhood which is lacking anywhere else is palpable
Laughable seeing people say this movie is supposed to make people want to go to war. It makes war look horrific.
@Timgamt exactly. Look at the earliest comments talking about how this is war propaganda for the pentagon or whatever.
What abunch of dipsh!sts
@@Timgamtmy thought exactly. doesn’t seem it was a state sponsored production.
Cosmo Jarvis is becoming one of my favourite actors, he's good in every single role he's done! Shogun, Calm with Horses, Lady Macbeth, you name it! and with Alex Garland directing...I'm so excited to watch this
Alex Garland is not directing
He was fucking awesome in Shogun. Glad he’s getting other roles.
@@Ilovemovies263wrong
Should check out his original film called the naughty room. Directed and featured and wrote/produced all the music in it.. really something👊
He first came to my attention in Season 5 of "Peaky Blinders". Just saw him in "The Alto Knights" with Robert DeNiro.
Just saw this - it is INCREDIBLY good! One of the most intense, entirely realistic war films you will ever see. This film will win multiple awards for sure, and it should. Masterful filmmaking here. As films go, it simply does not get any better than this. This is 100% flawless, perfect filmmaking. They will be doing case studies on this film in film schools for decades to come.
We saw this last night. Was worried it would be a film glorifying war but it definitely did not. Tastefully done. Felt like an artistic and cinematic war movie while focusing on the horror that is war.
i wasn't going to go initially because i thought Tom Cruise would fly in to save the day, but since it isn't a puffed up hollywood movie glorifying war, i'll go see it.
The horror that is a US invasion for civilians
The incessant yelling of the wounded troops was annoying but necessary to convey one of those horror of war aspects.
No, but it's glorifying american military invasion to every country that they can get into. And then crying about it's losses and how bad the everybody else is, and all other things.
The gunshot audio in theaters was so top tier. Congrats to the audio engineers. This movie was awesome I HIGHLY recommend watching it in theaters. One thing id like to say is that the trailer reveals a big chunk of the movie
I'd say almost realistic. Realistic and without ear plugs just doing that blows out your ear drums so you have to scream at each other for the rest of the movie. I'm fine with cutting down on the realism just a notch or two to get around that. War in reality is just unbelievably noisy. I can imagine that part to a certain extent.
Invasion, it's an invasion 😀😎
That's how war usually begins.
@@RainOfAshes That's how war usually ends.
@@4tech69 In this case, its both
You mean FREEDOM
Justified invasion.
My baby brother served in Iraq in 2008-2009, he was killed in a car wreck when he came home for a short visit. Thank you all for what yall have done to keep us here at home safe❤❤❤ and to the families of our soldiers, my hats off to you too!! The family of a soldier also serves, just in a different way❤❤
I am so sorry❤
My heartfelt condolences to you and your family, so sorry for your loss. 🙏🇺🇸
As an Army veteran who was in the infantry over in Iraq for 15 months in 2006-2007 during President Bush's troop surge and deployment extensions, just watching this trailer brings back a flood of memories.
And yes you are absolutely correct! The family of a soldier or serviceman/ servicewoman serves and sacrifices in a different way. You all didn't volunteer, you were essentially forced to serve & sacrifice by our decisions to enlist. So your support means more to us than you may ever realize. I know it carried me through the Army and my time in Iraq.
From a grateful nation, a heartfelt THANK YOU CARMEN! With the utmost love & respect ❤🇺🇸🙏
Tommy Aragon
Btw if you don't mind sharing, what was his name? If you'd like to share a link or anything about him, I would certainly be interested in reading it. Again, THANKS!
Unfortunately, if you think that war was about keeping our home safe, you are highly deluded - condolences for your little brother
@@nadagabri5783 was that necessary, in this context.?
Say shawarma not soldier
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
When I was a kid my father and I would watch "Combat" and it drove him nuts. He served in the Marines for 26 years, fought in WWII and Korea (Silver Stars and Purple Hearts). He would shout at the TV about how you wouldn't do this or shouldn't do that, same with "War" movies. I used to wish he'd not comment so much, I thought the guys filming these must have been combat veterans themselves, at least somebody on the set had been. Then I joined the Army and went off to Vietnam. When I came back after my first tour, he and I smoked a cigarette out on the lanai, drank a beer together and cried together. We cried because we were sad, and proud and because we were laughing at the funny shit that happens sometimes. It was the first time I ever saw my father cry, but then we laughed ourselves sick telling stories to each other. Each time I came home, my mother was a wreck and my father and I laughed and drank beer (never more than two). Now, I'm a lot older and I do the same thing. My wife tells me "if you don't like what they do in the movies, why watch them?" and she has a point. I've stopped watching war movies...and I'm okay. I see these "Trailers" and I can hear my father roaring "Cover fire, don't you assholes know how to lay down covering fire?".
My dad's a Vietnam vet and I'm an Iraq vet(xviii abc), but he never talks about it, and I never talk about Iraq with him. I don't know why. One interesting thing is we did watch the show "combat" together and my dad constantly calls out the fake parts.
@@roadbone1941 My father and I swapped the funny, odd and just plain crazy stories about our experiences. We actually did talk about combat a few times but never brought it again. It's a unique experience talking with your father as an equal about things that can only be shared with other veterans.
Thank you all for your service
Brilliant ❤
When I retired from the Army, I realized that I couldn’t turn none of this off. I’m an OIF Vet and my childhood best friend’s Dad was a Vietnam Vet (recently passed). He never talked about Vietnam until after I had deployed and I totally understood him at the point. He was no longer just my friends weird Dad with “shell shock.”
Every time I came home to visit, he spent more time opening up about his experiences. I realized that he had kept this stuff bottled up for almost half a decade. I wish he was still here to give me some advice. Our struggles are the same, we just encountered them in different wars.
This movie was so damn real , it felt like I was there . This is it , no flashy music , heroic but very hard short lived moments , a lot of pain and chaos .
ALL I ASK IS THAT JOE QUINN DOESN’T FREAKING DIE AGAIN (edit: I’ve done some research, and he spoke with the man he’s playing so we all good folks!)
He's the new sean bean lol
@@clarestonehall7665I laughed so hard at this 😂
Did ya'll watch A Quiey Place Day One yet??
Well, it's not looking good so far. 😅
He's on the ground talking about severely wounded. So idk about that.
"There's no such a thing as an anti-war film" ( Truffaut ). If anybody is reading and cares about a stranger's suggestion, you should read David Thomson's "The fatal alliance : a century of war on film". It's a great book.
He said so only because he's never seen "Grave of the Fireflies".
@@fuzzyoav You could be right but only because Grave of the Fireflies doesn't show actual war, the moment you show armed combat and people are paying to see it, the war is the attraction,; I think there are other good films that work to undermine war, and they all try to evoke rather than show.
@@mummiabaz yes! I’ve been thinking about this for sometime now. Most war films are spectacle. It shows the effects on the civilians and the soldiers but never interrogates the root cause of it in the first place. Instead of questioning the systems, ideologies, or political agendas that lead to war, they focus on individual suffering, or survival. This can glorify war by presenting it as inevitable or necessary, rather than as a failure of humanity.
Maybe it’s because it’s too ‘grey’ and complex for people who just want to have a pop-corn flick.
Edit: Though whilst writing this one film came to mind - ‘battle of Algiers’. This imo is the penultimate anti- war film. Shot like a documentary a few years after the battle with people who really have gone through it. The events ‘unfold’ without spectacle and feel raw. The film was banned in France…maybe it still is. Everyone needs to see this..tho when I read this book my thoughts might change.
The thin red line is very close to anti war, i saw it as a kid and i didn't get all hyped up, combat sequences were very real and throw you off like the rest of the film
@@mummiabaz I think the notion of "no such thin as an anti-war film" is interesting. However, if we apply your interpretation, then there are no anti-domestic-abuse films or anti-racism films, or anti-anything film for as soon as you portray the bad thing on film and people are paying to see it, the bad thing is the attraction. The difference is a lot of war films' portrayal of war glorify war in tone and theme. I would suggest it's possible to portray war without glorifying it. I think Full Metal Jacket accomplishes this to an extent.
This movie was one of the absolute greatest movies I’ve ever seen
Heard some people say this is one of the best movies of the year so far. Cannot wait to see it
It is. I left and drove home with PTSD!
By far the best movie of the year!
Getting the kids ready for the adventure in Iran I see
Yes, the Hollywood propaganda machine is a well oiled machine.
Looks like a movie where war looks like it fucking sucks. Don’t know if that would be a very effective recruiting tool.
@@Lil.Grandpa oh like you would not believe. american sniper, black hawk down, apocalypse now, the list could go on. movies that tell the audience 'war fucking sucks', but young dumb teenagers sign up anyway. not to mention the movies that make war 'look cool' (top gun maverick to name something recent)
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I almost joined the Marines in 2004 because of the film Full Metal Jacket. Every war movie ever, has made me want to join the military.
America will enter a war in 2025, they are preparing. The same director directed Civil War as well.
I’m an 8 year Marine Corps vet who (no surprise) loves a good war flick. This was far more intense than I was expecting. Everything about this movie will leave you shook. The realism is so incredible and the amount of detail captured is inescapable and consuming. You quite literally feel like you are the one on the floor bleeding out. This only further increased the tremendous respect I have for anyone that serves. Definitely a must see, but you’re gonna need a few minutes to collect yourself in your car before driving home!
Shit was so intense, can’t imagine what it could’ve been like for u
I just saw it.
Easily the most intense combat movie of all time.
It’s honestly not a movie, but rather a combat simulator. There’s no plot, no music, no time jumps, just one operation from start to finish. A must-see in the theater. The audio is insane.
They don’t turn down the screams of the wounded, or the cracking bullets….those sounds don’t stop, just like the real life.
How would you compare it to Kijaki? That one made me physically uncomfortable.
I agree, this movie was practically a simulator.
so you're saying some WoW / Tank gamer addicts are gonna' cream in their jeans???
@@c309176 this will also make you hurt if you are affected by intense gore. movie is pretty horrific and not for the fainthearted ngl
This movie is a diagrace to our armed forces
Got the chance to go see this movie at IMAX for the pre release. It was as good as i was hoping it would be. If you have a chance to see this. You should. 10/10
2:18 My friends and I are leaving work after a hard day's work
Looks like you lost one
2:12 Us on payday though
Leaving the bar with the homies
Shup Up Kid
Looks like me and my coworkers after our shift at Walmart ends
This is accurate description of what happened & it was intense. One minute your grabbing some water & then a white flash, your hearing is gone. . . Dust in the air and shock has filled the room.
What
This is not intense. lol go read about actual warfare.
I am so sorry you got traumatized while invading a country for no reason and killing their people
@@aahil2655 👏
It's a shame they missed
I never anticipated getting this old… this is like being a Vietnam vet and watching Platoon.
Never forget that it was Benjamin Netanyahu that came to America and testified before congress that Iraq had WMD’s.
A Khazarian fake Jew from Poland.
and the US government happily ran with that
I actually didn't know that and I will blindly believe you because based on his current actions it's not at all surprising to me.
@@MassageSamurai1 it's not that secret you can find footage of it online. he also wrote a book that detailed all the countries he wanted to topple. Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Afghanistan and Syria. And here we are, it's almost as if the US government were following Bibi's playbook to the letter.
@feralmode oh I believe you, I'm just not in the mood to Google right now. I wasn't being sarcastic or rude, though. Really doesn't surprise me at all. Sometimes I wish things like that WOULD surprise me.
recruiting must be real bad if they’re making movies like this again
so true
Or, catering to an audience that is more reliable.
something tells me this might not be the “war good” movie that you think it is
No this is the opposite of those recruiting movies this one is meant to make you not want war
Unless you’re smart enough to understand how necessary it is to do this to the other guy
This seems pretty anti war. If they wanted to do a war movie for recruiting sakes, it wouldn’t use the Iraq war as the backdrop. It would be something along the lines of World War 2, where there was a just and noble cause for what we were fighting for. Iraq war is too controversial. This is simply a post GWOT movie we’ve been seeing more of since we’ve pulled out of the Middle East
And that's how you create an epic trailer.
Just got done watching this 2 hours ago, it is the most realistic and just most different experience. No music or big time cuts. Its like a documentary almost. You can legitimately feel for these characters and what they are thinking in there head, AMAZING MOVIE!
I love Alex, whenever he says he's done directing, he's actually just working on another amazing project
1:55 that shot looks crazy
1:33 R.I.P popsmoke
I saw it last night at my theater and it was really good and realistic! I highly recommend it! A24 and the directors really did a good job.
when they ask me who my favourite rapper is 1:33
That’s why his stage name is so badass bruh 😂 Straight up war name
I didn’t know bro was about that life, popping smoke
@proboanimations apparently he wasn't very good at it
real af 🤣
rest in peace pop smoke 😕
Thank you A24 for keeping Cinema going! 🙏🏼
1:16 Wait, you guys are getting a medevac?
Was totally immersed and then I hear the Warthog turret at 1:48 😂
HAHAHAHAHA.. As a lifelong Halo fan, dying!
And the BTR cannon sound effect from BF3 at 2:04.
Haha yeah the SFX could have been better - there is also a HL2 cough somewhere at the start. Oh well
for those wondering ...he meant the warthog from the video game "halo" not the real life warthog a10 plane hahaha
Yeah everything sounded fantastic until those two moments
U know the world is in a complicated situation when everybody is releasing war movies
There's always been war movies, always.
U mean the usa? The country causing all the problems
War is so messed up. All of these humans died for what? land, oil, etc. so awful.
Tell me how much oil was involved?
yeah, we got it, war is always not a pleasant business, could you say something less pretentious and obvious?
@@vonscheer5850war is usually unpleasant and always delivers a net negative to all involved
@@seanmcpart832America imports a decent amount of oil from Iraq.
@@ClaSSik108 4% is all
Its weird to say I like War Movies, but I do. This movie is the best of them all. The way it takes you through every emotion all while gripping your seat with your eyes wide open wondering what's gonna happen next. The sounds and explosions that almost take the hope out of the theater. And it's the most realistic film all while still feeling natural with their lingo/language and the sitrep once everything hits the fan. I can keep going but damn this movie was so intense I was literally tired on the car ride home, and I watched the movie at 1:30pm. It was that good at portraying what it was like to be there on the ground and wow. My veterans are simply badass period.
Great cast. Some of my favourite actors working today. Joseph Quinn, Cosmo Jarvis and Will Poulter. It looks intense.
Saw this last night at a special screening in the Boston area. GREAT film. Very well researched, very very real.
I can't wait to watch it
Do you know from experience?
@daniellong1525 I deployed but never saw combat. My combat """experience""" is more so in training, running hundreds of lane iterations. My experience is nothing like what these men endured, but the film does a great job at holding you in those moments. It's all in one location, all in real time. Even if you've never served, you will feel it.
Were they honest about the part that USA was a violent invasion force and that soldiers were killing poor native poeple just defending their homeland?
Cosmo Jarvis is gonna be in everything after his incredible performance on Shogun. Good for him, he deserves it.
Calm with Horses was one of my fav in recent memory
Hopefully, he is an incredible talent.
Yes! Can’t wait to see him in more work. Hopefully he’s in this movie a lot cause it looks like his character gets wounded badly. He’s the one being carried and moved.
@JetConvoy oh yah, he's getting effed up in this.
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Fucking banger movie you go in to watch a war movie and leave feeling like you were in the war 10/10 for me
Hell yeah I bloody love Cosmo Jarvis!! Such a talented actor and musician. Glad he is continuing to get great roles and working with many well known actors.
2:01 Nice FV432 standing in for a Bradley
They were widely used in Iraq.
@@matthewgillies7509 with a turret?
@@matthewgillies7509don’t think he was saying they WERENT used in Iraq. Just the fact that it’s a British vehicle instead of American
Thanks, I was wondering what that was
To be fair I think we sent gave all our spare 2000s Bradleys to Ukraine
Military ads getting smarter
Absolutely nothing in this trailer should make you think that enlisting is a good idea lmao
Lol, looks more like a anti war film. Its your generic action flick movies where the ex millitary become some kind of super hero that is financed by the millitary lol.
We all are welcome to our own opinions @@53Strat
@@NTWoo95Thats the magic, humans are terrible at assessing what war really is. Since all we know is that we are the center of our experiences, people think it will be different for them, that they can have some control of the situation. Every soldier knows they can die, but few imagine they will be snuffed out in pointless way, by a random bullet, a improvised bomb, a disease your immune sistem wasn't used to, or friendly fire. Even a war movie written by a veteran has the bias that he survived.
@@53Strat “no such thing as an anti war film” is a bit of an overused quote but its worth thinking about for a bit if you haven’t. I don’t entirely agree w it but still
This movie was so Damn real. One of the best I have ever seen!!!!
D’Pharaoh is going FAR. Super proud of him 👑!!
1:48 the sound the weapon makes and the way it looks lol
COD ahh sfw
Bro that's literally the HALO Warthog turret stock sound effect. They better put some fucking work into the audio FX, that shit better be a placeholder
@@steinblitz1506he put a mw2 little bird sound effect for the Apache in civil war, I just hope they at least keep the same fully loaded blanks as well
@@steinblitz1506I was like I’ve literally heard this sound before lolll this is just early production
@@IPhryte Yeap and I'm pretty sure I heard some tank trap getting hit by bullet sound effect from saving private ryans omaha scene too.
This is some great casting. Anyone who watched Shogun knows how much of a stud Cosmo Jarvis is.
Wow i rewatched it to see him 😅 yep 👍 great casting
@johnharris618 👍 Yeah. I'm thankful to Shogun for introducing me to Cosmo! I had to go back and binge watch all his indie films and music after that. Talented actor and one of the best lyricists I've ever heard. This whole cast is stacked, actually.
He’s like the worst character in that show but of course any Hollywood production must have a white guy even in Asian period drama, just like Matt Damon in Great Wall lol
@@Thekidisalright Shogun is based on James Clavell's novel also called Shogun. He's the main character in the book. It'd be weird (and terribly inaccurate) if they made Shogun and cut Blackthorne out of it.
a little late just saw warfare today. Cosmo was fucking brilliant in this!
Such a well done movie through and through. The work that went into to this from directing, acting. Everything was incredible. Can’t imagine what they went through in real life.
You had me again at "In real time"...🔥
Does that mean the whole movie takes place in about 2 hours of one battle?
@@MatthewTheWanderer 2 hours of extract, yup. Can't wait to see ukraine version, wait theres go pro footage of that already.
@@sierracosta47 This movie isn't a documentary, it is a re-enactment of events based on memories.
How did I know this was related to Civil War the moment I saw this pop up on my notifications? Alex Garland is such a legend - what an incredible surprise announcement.
It's got very similar cinematography, shot composition and color grading.
I don’t think it’s ’related’ to civil war per se. More like it’s shot very similarly and the same director.
@@andrewrogers3067would be cool though if this somehow tied into a larger universe where we get hints that this timeline is different or that events like this somehow show the eventual buildup to what would be the civil war universe. So much potential to explore the universe from the build up to the start and to focusing on the other factions and their stories.
Funny thing for me is they seem to have the same military advisor because this trailer has the soldier shouting "break out break out!" which is also what they yell in the ending scene of Civil War as well
@@neweraamerica7363all due respect, that sounds really dumb lol
2:12 They're watching Dancing with the Stars live final.
Just watched this movie, really gave a sense of depravity and despair of what war really is.
Halo Warthog turret at 1:48
Damn beat me to it lol
Bro.
Nice
kills the immersion
No way 😂
Lmao wtf that is literally the sound.
garry's mod cough 0:46
"Sometimes...I dreeeam about cheese."
Good catch lmao
Gaming to much bro
Huehuehuehue
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I'll watch anything with Cosmo Jarvis. Fantastic, versatile actor.
Whos he
@@dennywidyashogun
@@dennywidya He’s the actor that played John Blackthorne (the Anjin) on Shōgun.
He's also a banger musician
if you watch this you're a total tool
amazing film. favorite film i've seen in theaters hands-down ( i seen a lot )
Civil War 2: The Attack on Iraq
"Civil War 2: This time we remembered the war part."
Hopefully Alex Garland’s mediocrity as a director isn’t as apparent now that he’s sharing the duties.
@@07foxmulder Mediocrity? yo, didn't you know that he's the same director as Ex Machina and Civil War?
@@diegoperleche5177 I’m aware. If you like those movies, cool. To me, he hasn’t written anything decent since Dredd and has never directed a good movie.
@@07foxmulder real hot take lmfao
From Nick Nelson to soldier oh god 😍
i'm SAT
that’s insane i love it
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This trailer passes the initial eye test. ACU pattern uniforms and ACH helmets, which were worn by SEALs in Ramadi to blend in with Army units in the AO. With Ray Mendoza directing, this has serious potential.
Looks like Eagle Industries khaki plate carriers too, which was used by both seals and army special forces during the time
Hopefully we don't have 80-year-old Dale Dye show up as a Staff Sergeant.
Oh, that's interesting insight about them wearing Army stuff to blend in--thanks.
As a GWOT Vet, thank you for making this movie! So real. So intense. Captured so many aspects of combat perfectly.
...so much combat...right (exclude all civilian lives u took). Yea, ure a hero.
This is a pretty expensive Army recruitment add
They are seals 🤡 part of the navy
@@rugerred8659 I didn't know seals wore ACU's, big guy
@@davycrockett5218 🤦 the movie is literally about a team of seals In the battle of Ramadi in 2006, on of the people working in the film was a seal and it’s his story from his platoon that fell under heavy enemy resistance, go look it up clown 🤡 than apologize after
It’s a movie about terrorists who go to another country, massacre the civilians, and steal their resources. This is worse than Al qaeda recruiting
@@davycrockett5218 well ya do now champ
0:18 he never had the makings of an Iraq war vet
God damnit sopranos leave me alone
FNG
Theyre all way too clean
He probably never had the makings to be a varsity athlete.
The fact that an Iraq War vet is making this film, writing and directing, assures me that this casting is decently accurate for a Hollywood film. Wtf r u complaining about
Alex Garland is cooking
He needs to make a new ‘The Beach’ movie based on his book
Cooking what? He's a writer / filmmaker.
@ haha, it’s a cringe term only teenagers use mostly in sports now idiots use it for films
That would be a nice surprise, his last two movies were terrible.
Sure hope this movie isn't about journos again.
This movie was great in theater! Sound design was AWESOME
What an immersive experience.
Ahhh yes. Good ole Ramadi. No movie could ever prepare you for that place. I can still smell it.
I believe this Seal Team (5) was in Nasiriyah, whilst 3 (TU-Bruiser) was in Ramadi. I say this because Jocko Willink says Team 5 came down to Ramadi for Marc Lee's funeral, and Rep. Eli Crane mentioned being part of the group that attended.
@@jamiearmstrong3487a lot of us were in Ramadi… it wasn’t just a fuckin Seal party, regardless of what the movies like to tell you….
@@jamiearmstrong3487 Jocko famously got a lot of marines killed in Ramadi, it wasn't just SEALs there.
I fucking hated ramadi. We lost some seabees there in 04. I went twice, 04 and 07. Always some bullshit going on.
@poppasmurf15 i served from 2008-2014. Wasn't old enough to serve yet. I became a Recon Marine after I DOR'd FROM BUDs. Anyways I remember two things. One was a Seal who had a glass eye who always talked about how much he loved the marines in Iraq. He said they were always your best friend. Then, older corpsman and marines who served in Fallijah and Ramadi should show us videos and tell us stories about it. My respect for you guys is immeasurable. Anyone who went.
I find it weird seeing war movie being made about a war I was in. I was deployed to Iraq in 2006.
Very true
Thank you for your service!
I was there at the same time, and there were movies being made about it already, like the hurt locker, and some others. I thought they were really badly made, totally inaccurate, etc. I'm not sure if it's just been a long time and I don't remember that well, but this one at least looks somewhat closer to what it was like. The settings and doors look like the real thing. I was mech infantry in the muhallahs as well as in the palm groves, and Bradley's blasting away like this was real. Seems like it's somewhat closer to legit, from what I remember, but they always consult SF for these movies, and they get the gear wrong and focus on snipers, which are a small part of overall operations.
It was not your war. I have seen abu ghraib torture photos, and you're disgusting.
Meanwhile in Afghanistan, the events of Restrepo were happening in the Korengal Valley.
Holy shit, I served In Iraq in 2004 and this is the most realistic depiction I have seen. I can’t wait to see this movie.
yeah...so did my sister ....any more lies you want to share?
@@BluePrada Dude literally has videos of him in uniform in Iraq with shitty 2004 camera quality. No idea why you would even accuse anyone of lying in a situation where they have nothing to gain from it.
@@i_eat_soap792 He is probably an Iranian bot, just ignore
@@BluePrada when you're so sheltered that you cant fathom anyone actually having an interesting life
@@BluePradawhy are u people so overly emotional?
No wonder ur sister went an fnot you. You clearly can't handle anything lol
1:55 - love this shot!
this movie makes it even more sad that combat vets have likely gone through similar events, and as a result it make sense why so many vets have bad PTSD from combat
One of those movies I wished existed being made