JustWatch: Director Alex Garland Talks About "Warfare"

JustWatch connected with visionary director and screenwriter Alex Garland to discuss his powerful new film Warfare—a deeply personal and unflinching portrayal of modern conflict based on firsthand accounts from the Iraq War. The film, Garland’s latest collaboration with A24, hits U.S. theaters this Friday (April 11th) and stars Will Poulter (The Bear), D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai (Reservation Dogs), Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things, Gladiator II), and Cosmo Jarvis (Shōgun).

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MOVIE REVIEW: Warfare

When a movie like Warfare enters a concluded historical period, such as the Iraqi front of the War on Terror from nearly 20 years ago, some viewers will curiously require the film to have a “stance” on said war. Those captious people—looking down their noses with 20/20 hindsight to relitigate the past—are going to be disappointed with Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland, and falsely so.