Alex Garland’s ‘Warfare’ is Now Streaming for Prime Video Members in the UK

Warfare, a collaboration from Alex Garland and former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza, is now streaming exclusively for Prime Video members in the UK. The modern combat thriller, produced by DNA Films and A24, is a harrowing portrait of a battle during the Iraq war.

Set in Ramadi, Iraq in 2006, the plot follows a Navy SEAL reconnaissance unit tasked with covert surveillance from a civilian apartment. What begins as an exercise in patience and strategic observation quickly collapses into uncontrolled violence when the soldiers’ location is compromised. The story unfolds in near real-time, capturing the unit’s sudden transition from order to chaos.

The film deliberately avoids exposition or character backstory. Instead, it relies on tension and environment to shape the viewer’s understanding. As the team scrambles to survive an unexpected ambush, the film adopts a raw visual and sonic style to mirror their disorientation. Minimal dialogue and handheld camerawork anchor the action in realism, emphasizing the moment-to-moment dread of close-quarter warfare.

The second act tracks the soldiers’ frantic attempt to escape the apartment complex as enemy fire isolates them. With no air support and mounting casualties, the film maintains a relentless pace. Sound becomes an essential component: there is no musical score, only radio transmissions, distant explosions, and gunfire heighten the sense of immersion.

Inspired by Mendoza’s real experiences and shaped by Garland’s stripped-down direction, Warfare leans into authenticity and avoids dramatization. It resists tropes of glory or triumph, instead offering a startling, realistic look at the physical and psychological strain of combat.

The cast, includes Joseph Quinn, Charles Melton, Kit Connor, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, and D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai (playing Mendoza himself).

Warfare is now available to stream on Prime Video in the UK.

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