Spotlight REVIEW Movie review: 'Warfare' gives young actors a stellar experience, screen credit BRUCE R. MILLER Apr 19, 2025 Apr 19, 2025 Updated Dec 29, 2025 0 × BRUCE R. MILLER "Warfare" is gritty and disturbing. It also one of the best films of the year according to Sioux City Journal movie critic Bruce Miller. Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Warfare” doesn’t tell a conventional story about war. It plops audiences in the heat of action and lets the unknown unfold.kAmxE’D 2 C6>2C<23=6 762E E92E DE2?5D H:E9 E96 36DE 4@?E6>A@C2CJ 4:?6>2 92D E@ @776C]k^Am Soldiers move into place in "Warfare," a fact-based look at the war in Iraq. Murray Close kAms:C64E65 3J p=6I v2C=2?5 2?5 #2J |6?5@K2[ “(2C72C6” D9@HD H92E 92AA6?65 :? 2 a__e >:DD:@? :? xC2B] xE’D ?@E 2 =@@< 2E E96 324<8C@F?5D @7 E96 }2GJ $62=D[ ;FDE 2? 244@F?E @7 E96:C E:>6 @? 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