Co-directed by former NAVY SEAL Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland,Warfarewas designed to be a very realistic movie.
There’s no unrealistic heroism or sudden bursts of villainy.
As such,Warfareis a very different kind of war movie than the larger-scale films that proliferate the genre.
Instead, the movie remains laser-focused on the soldiers themselves and little beyond that.
It’s a haunting moment that plays into the painfully grounded elements of the film.
The Navy SEALs have to scramble to patch up their wounded compatriots.
It’s a powerful moment,one of the most emotionally charged scenes in the film.
The unnamed enemy soldiers can become faceless foes that the audience can vicariously celebrate being brought down.
Instead, their scouting scene early in the film shows them living their average lives.
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If anything, that makes both sides' commitment to the firefight all the more harrowing.
The politics of the filmmakers wasn’t the mission withWarfare, meaning no one has to be demonized.
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