Warfare marks A24’s foray into modern war with a film as gut-wrenching as it is humane. Slated for an April 11, 2025 release, it plunges painfully deep into the Iraq War, and the specific moment in 2006, when American forces were stretched thin on insurgency, chaos, and the uncertainties of morality. Avoiding spectacle for intimacy, Warfare reframes war not as an epic but as a pressure cooker: quiet, suffocating, and devastatingly real.
The film follows a tightly-wound U.S. military unit sent to Baghdad at the war’s peak. The squad is tasked with a mundane patrol that quickly drifts into a bizarre and terrifying dreamscape and ambushed in enemy terrain, with no support and no assurance they’ll return. As the mission collapses into chaos, loyalties break down, and each soldier must grapple not only with a physical war zone but with fears, guilt, and identity. The enemy seems omnipresent—and often unseen.
Warfare Movies and Quotes
1. – How’s it going?
– Going well.
2. That’s that new guy energy.
3. – Oh, he’s back. That’s the fourth time he’s done that.
– Is he peeking or probing?
– Peeking with serious intent to probe.
4. – Alpha Two, we might have guys starting to move on our position.
– Copy. We’re getting a buildup of activity here too.
5. Yeah, I definitely see weapons at this point.
6. Red Man Zero Eight, this is Profane. We’re seeing activity converging to your north and south.
7. This is Frog Man Six Romeo. We need evac at our last known position.
8. – We have severely wounded.
– Who’s the severely wounded?
– It’s not you.
– Is it me? Who is it?
– No, it’s not you.
– Who is it?
9. We coming to you or you’re coming to us?
10. Stand by. We’ll let you know when we’re inbound.
11. Here’s the plan. Scouts are gonna lead us out, and I’m bringing up the rear. Pop smoke, smoke out.
12. OP One, uh, they are en route to you.
13. Eyes on me and only me.
14. Look for the blood and the smoke.
15. Multiple bad guys, trying to get to our position.
16. We have enemy on our building and all surrounding buildings.
17. You gotta get ready, man. This is gonna hurt. On my count. One, two, three…
Conclusion
Directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland, starring D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Joseph Quinn, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley, Noah Centineo, Evan Holtzman, Henry Zaga, and Charles Melton.
The narrative unfolds in Iraq in 2006, in all its raw immediacy. A time when soldiers confronted car bombs, snipers, and a growing realization that victory, or even clarity, was not on the horizon. Warfare does not sensationalize – it relishes quiet moments: the silence that lingers after an IED explodes; the flickering doubt emerging in the eyes of a messed up young soldier; the ethical gray area that comes when the rules of engagement are unclear. Rather than an action-heavy war flick, it is more a study in psychological unraveling.
As examples set forth by A24, this film Warfare is brutally immersive and emotionally taxing. It does not ask only what war does to a country, but what it does to the individuals who swear to serve it. The performances are haunting; the script is tight; the direction is matter-of-fact. Warfare is a remarkable elegy of the repercussions of modern-day warfare. It is not about glory or victory. It is about surviving the moment, and then carrying that burden long after the mission has ended.
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