Review by jakethesnake-18813

War, at the end of the day, is completely pointless. Pointless in that there's nothing to gain from the bloodshed, the fighting, the invading, all this blood and horror for nothing. After a lackluster attempt at showing this with Civil War, Alex Garland teams with war veteran Ray Mendoza to depict what life was like for the latter as a solider during the Iraq war. Sure enough, we're treated to some truly gruesome and nightmarish imagery that will surely stay burned into your memory for years to come. But at the same time, we also see how it affects the common folk through the inclusion of the innocent family caught in the crossfire. Sure, it maybe could've told more about exactly what kind of damage the war has caused people on both sides, but for the story Mendoza and Garland are trying to tell, I think it works well enough. In a rather lackluster year for cinema, Warfare is easily the best to come out so far and definitely a slight redemption for Garland after his mishap with Civil War.