Will Poulter and D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai in “Warfare.”
A24’s “Warfare” — director Alex Garland’s acclaimed follow-up to “Civil War” — is coming soon to digital streaming. Find out when you can watch the movie at home.
Warfare is co-directed and co-written by Garland and Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza, who designed the battle scenes for Civil War. Warfare opened in theaters on April 11. The official summary for the movie reads, “Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs on a surveillance mission gone wrong in insurgent territory. A visceral, boots-on-the-ground story of modern warfare and brotherhood, told like never before: in real-time and based on the memory of the people who lived it.”
Rated R, Warfare stars Charles Melton, Will Poulter, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Cosmo Jarvis, Joseph Quinn, Michael Gandolfini and Kit Connor.
Warfare is expected to be released on digital streaming via premium video on demand on Tuesday, May 8, according to When to Stream. While the streaming tracker is typically accurate with its PVOD reports, When to Stream noted that Warfare’s studio A24 has not announced or confirmed the release date of the film on digital streaming and it is subject to change.
Warfare is currently up for pre-order on Prime Video for $24.99, which will also be the film’s digital purchase price. Since digital rentals are typically $5 less than purchase prices, viewers can expect to rent Warfare for $19.99 for a 48-hour period.
In addition to Prime Video, Warfare will be available on a variety of different digital platforms, including AppleTV and Fandango at Home.
How Did Audiences And Critics Receive ‘Warfare’?
Warfare has earned $17.1 million in North American theaters and nearly $2.1 million internationally for a worldwide box office tally of $19.2 million. The film had a $20 million production budget before prints and advertising costs, according to The Numbers.
Warfare received a 93% “fresh” rating from Rotten Tomatoes critics based on 199 reviews. The RT Critics Consensus for the film reads, “Narratively cut to the bone and geared up with superb filmmaking craft, Warfare evokes the primal terror of combat with unnerving power.”
The film also received a 93% “fresh” rating on RT’s Popcornmeter based on 2,500-plus verified user ratings.
The audience summary for the movie on RT reads, “Warfare viscerally places you in the trenches with bone-crunching realism, honoring the soldier experience while simultaneously philosophizing on the impossibility of their sacrifice.”
Warfare is expected to be released on PVOD on May 8.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2025/04/24/alex-garlands-warfare-gets-digital-streaming-release-date/