Holy s*** that looks intense and incredible. Its now near the top of my 2025 must-see list.

Interesting, I thought Alex Garland had announced he was retiring after Civil War. It's been several years now since he said that, though.

Based on the director's experiences in Iraq apparently.

Claude! said:

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Based on the director's experiences in Iraq apparently.

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Ray Mendoza is a former Navy Seal with Seal Team 5. Also was a BUDS instructor. I'd assume this is going to be about the Battle of Ramadi. Seals had Sniper overwatch helping the Marines.

GreasenUSA said:

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Interesting, I thought Alex Garland had announced he was retiring after Civil War. It's been several years now since he said that, though.

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Back in April, on the press tour for Civil War, Garland reiterated that he's not retiring, is "going to stop directing for the foreseeable future," and will instead focus solely on screenwriting. That said, Warfare began filming the very next month, so he almost assuredly meant *after* Warfare, seeing as he was deep into prepping it at the time.

Either way, between this and co-writing 28 Years Later, he's poised for a big 2025, at which point I'm guessing the screenwriting-only thing begins.

brew82 said:

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Has some Black Hawk Down vibes. I'll be watching this one.

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Thought the same thing. Looked very much like BHD.

That being said, I'll see it when it starts streaming. Looks good.

Looks good.

But Civil War was just not all that and I have yet to talk to anyone that saw it that thought otherwise. Pretty meh.

The action scenes in civil war were incredible. Also the fact that this is all "real time" is very intriguing and paired with Garland this is gonna be great

Dr. Not Yet Dr. Ag said:

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I loved Civil War, as well. The action sequences were phenomenal which gives me high hopes for this movie.

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I enjoyed it thoroughly in the theater on opening night...was only one of about a dozen people in there. Rewatched a few months later at home and it just didn't seem to hold up as well as I thought it would. I can't explain it, just fell flat and anticlimatic in a few spots. Had to remind myself that some of it seems to be intended to be symbolic/satirical.

HollywoodBQ said:

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Just got served the trailer for this.

Can't believe the meme kid from "We're the Millers" is a Navy Seal but cool.

Looking forward to seeing this on the big screen.

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He looks more like a young grunt to me.

Looks a lot more normal now that he has grown into his face. Man he was a goofy kid.

Saxsoon said:

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Dude has had a wild glow up in life. Also was Adam warlock in guardians 3

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Yep, never would have predicted it. Dude's got somoe solid acting chops though imo.

If he is in a project now I know it is gonna be good. His small role in the Bear was incredible

I just looked him up on IMDB

Born in 1993 and he's a Brit. I had no idea.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2401020/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

April 11

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