When it comes to war movies, everything changed in July 1998 when "Saving Private Ryan" was released. Gone are the days with John Wayne glorifying the worst part of humanity. In recent years movie makers have given respect to millions of human beings by showing what war really is - human beings horribly killed, crippled, and maimed by being shot, blown up, and even burned by blow torches and explosions.
The new movie "Warfare", is co-directed by Alex Garland and an x-Navy Seal, Ray Mendoza about a firsthand experience in 2006 during the Battle of Ramadi in Iraq. This film is all about the insanity and chaos of war, with ten men trapped inside a two-story stone house in the middle of Iraq, surrounded by an enemy who is trying to kill them with nonstop gunfire, throwing grenades, and firing an RPG.
This film is definitely not for children or for the faint of heart. There are scenes of a man being blown in half by an exploding RPG and two men with their legs almost blown off and then screaming in agony for close to 75% of this film, which is filmed almost entirely inside the two stories of one house.
The men try and communicate with forces in their division desperately trying to be rescued from their impossible position. There are several scenes of impressive satellite videos showing the precarious position these soldiers are in, which at times look like they will be overrun by the enemy and killed.
Warfare stars D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Aaron Mackenzie, and the son of the late James Gandolfini, Michael Gandolfini who plays Lt. Macdonald. With a highly unusual and simple war movie like this one, there is not much character development or story, but the acting is good enough along with the mandatory respect all war movies must give to far too many young people who have given their lives in war.
The Rotten Tomatoes ratings for this movie are a very high 94% and I agree with this rating and recommend this well made film about the horrors of war
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