Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza didn’t set out to make just another war film. After working together on last year’s provocative button pusher Civil War, their creative partnership evolved when a conversation about potential future collaborations turned into something far more personal. The resulting Warfare, about a platoon of U.S. Navy SEALS on a mission in rural Iraq that takes a fateful turn, is drawn from Mendoza’s own harrowing experience during a 2006 ambush that would irreparably alter his life and perspective. What followed between the men was a meticulous, charged dynamic, one rooted in forensic recall and a crusading … Continue reading Facing the Fire: In Warfare, Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza Recount Terror, Survival of Iraqi Ambush