Mendoza is a former U.S. Navy SEAL who served in the Iraq War.
By all accounts,Warfarecaptures the chaos of battle with intense accuracy.
InWarfare, that group is a platoon of Navy SEALs fighting in Iraq.
Annihilationmight not haveWarfares realism, but it does have its intensity.
The nail-biting tension ofAnnihilationproves that Garland will nail the horrors ofWarfare.
The gold standard for movies about modern warfare is Kathryn Bigelows Best Picture-winning gemThe Hurt Locker.
The Hurt Lockerhas a 96% rating onRotten Tomatoes.
Tasked with capturing a warlord, elite soldiers find themselves in a fierce battle against Somali militia forces.
The film portrays a nightmarish vision of firefights and bombings on the streets of the United States.
Alex Garland’s Annihilation is based on the novel of the same name by Jeff VanderMeer. It follows a group of explorers - comprised of biology professor Lena (Natalie Portman), psychologist Dr. Ventress (Jennifer Jason Leigh), physicist Josie Radek (Tessa Thompson), geomorphologist Cassie Sheppard (Tuva Nvotny), and paramedic Anya Thorensen (Gina Rodriguez) - as they enter “the Shimmer”, a quarantined zone of mutated plants and animals caused by an unknown extra-terrestrial phenomenon. Lena agrees to enter the Shimmer in search of her husband, Kane (Oscar Isaac), who was sent in as part of a special forces operation.
From director Kathryn Bigelow comes The Hurt Locker, the 2008 oscar winning war thriller film that follows Jeremy Renner as Sergeant William James and his bomb disposal team as they navigate beyond enemy lines during the Iraq War. The movie explores the trauma and stresses the soldiers face as they attempt to disarm active explosives on the field, with the repercussions beginning to take their toll on the squadmates.
Young computer programmer Caleb is selected to participate in a groundbreaking experiment by evaluating the human qualities in a new and improved female artificial intelligence. But in the luxurious, isolated mansion of the man who created this technology, all may not be as it seems.
Black Hawk Down recounts the harrowing true story of a U.S. military mission gone awry in Somalia. Tasked with capturing a warlord, elite soldiers find themselves in a fierce battle against Somali militia forces.
Civil War is a 2024 action thriller from writer and director Alex Garland. Starring Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, and Stephen McKinley Henderson, Civil War takes place in the near future and shows the United States entering a new Civil War after California and Texas attempt to separate from the country.
