Never been a fan of war movies so I initially have no plans to see this movie whatsoever despite the fact that it's an A24 film & we all know that A24 almost always delivers. Then the reviews started pouring in and as usual I was intrigued by the rave reviews but it was CineCrib's review that finally sealed the deal. I bought myself a ticket 2 hours later to the nearest IMAX and oh boy, it was such a pleasant surprise!

Follows a road trip of our 4 central characters whom I ended up super invested in each & every 1 of them that I feared for their lives. Alex Garland scored a home run with this 1. Despite not being a horror movie, this film jumpscared the heck out of me the kinda jumpscare that made literally jumped out of my seat and the horror from the war just shooked me to the core. I felt so many emotions & it was so overwhelming that I cried a lot of times during my initial viewing.

My 1 and only concern was the song choices. The score was fine, but the songs I sadly didn't get except for that 1 powerful country song, Sturgill Simpson's Breakers Roar? Dang, it also played during 1 of the most heartwrenching yet beautiful scene in the movie.

TLDR, a very recommended movie, in fact I myself plan to go for seconds.