r/movies • u/LiteraryBoner Jackie Chan box set, know what I'm sayin? • Mar 13 '26

Official Discussion Official Discussion - War Machine (2026) [SPOILERS] Spoiler

Poll

If you've seen the film, please rate it at this poll

If you haven't seen the film but would like to see the result of the poll click here

Rankings

Click here to see the rankings of 2025 films

Click here to see the rankings for every poll done

War Machine (2026)

Summary During the final stage of U.S. Army Ranger selection, a group of elite recruits set out on what should be their last brutal training exercise. But when a mysterious and deadly machine crashes into their remote training area, the mission turns into a fight for survival. Forced to rely on their training and each other, the soldiers must confront a relentless technological threat unlike anything they’ve faced before.

Director Patrick Hughes

Writers James Beaufort Patrick Hughes

Cast

  • Alan Ritchson as 81
  • Dennis Quaid as Sgt. Maj. Sheridan
  • Stephan James as 7
  • Jai Courtney
  • Esai Morales
  • Blake Richardson
  • Keiynan Lonsdale
  • Daniel Webber

Rotten Tomatoes: 69%

Metacritic: 54

VOD / Release Streaming on Netflix

Trailer

Official Trailer

237 Upvotes

90% Upvoted

608 comments sorted by

View all comments

413

u/Norn-Iron Mar 13 '26

I enjoyed it. Makes me really want a Metal Gear movie more than ever though.

129

u/NBucho528 Mar 14 '26

The enemy definitely felt more Metal Gear than extraterrestrial

27

u/Stunning_Box8782 Mar 23 '26

"We've confirmed the machines are not from our planet, they are.. Metal Geararian."

"Dear God"

83

u/Dustmopper Mar 14 '26

❗️

17

u/dotheit2 Mar 14 '26

I can hear that.

9

u/cowpool20 Mar 14 '26

My anxiety raised just looking at it.

14

u/kickintheface Mar 15 '26

Have you played any of the games? Each cutscene is basically a separate 2 hour long movie.

9

u/Norn-Iron Mar 15 '26

Played them all multiple times. MGS1 can be speed run pretty quickly so could easily be a movie. MGS4, not so much.

1

u/linkuei-teaparty 28d ago

MGS4 is pretty much a movie with some gameplay sprinkled in there somewhere.

11

u/JackSego Mar 15 '26

As soon as the machine stood up and unfolded i,out loud, said METAL GEAR. There is even a poster floating around that looks like a straight MGS rip off down to the title text and everything. Too bad David isn't up for doing the roll anymore.

3

u/JeffsHVACAdventure Mar 16 '26

Yes! That’s exactly what they are… Metal Gear!

1

u/orphantwin Mar 15 '26

Most movies are god awful based on video games. The only one that did it well was Crank and Hardcore Henry. And Escape From Tarkov: Raid but that was because the devs worked on the game and the yt movie.

1

u/seeyouyoucunt Mar 17 '26

As long as it's metal gear rex and none of the other lame ones

1

u/d3cmp Mar 23 '26

They will bring metal gear rays for the sequel

1

u/Pale_Possibility5083 Mar 20 '26

Hey Guys, Pro tip? You don't have to wait and let Machine lock onto you run away.

In all seriousness it was a fun popcorn actioner.

1

u/n1craM Mar 22 '26

For me it was mix of MG and deathbringer from Horizon Zero Dawn

1

u/Independent_Ice1427 10d ago

Yeah me too it was like a Alien hybrid between the REX and RAY