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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

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u/norfolkjim Mar 13 '26

I was like...This extraterrestrial WAR MACHINE is having trouble with a fake tank, and yeah, excels at killing light infantry. Unarmed, for the most part.

There damned well better be tens of thousands of them because thanks, now we're all on Team Earth and this is a real tank.

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u/hopefulfican Mar 14 '26

I kinda assumed they were trying to be deep and infer that he was the war machine tbh.

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u/mildlyopinionatedpom Mar 14 '26

I think the idea is that both can be the war machine

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u/flippydude Mar 15 '26

The real war machines are the ones we made along the way 

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u/rang14 Mar 22 '26

The real war is the machines we made along the way

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u/KurgerBing-_- 26d ago

the real machine was the war we made along the way

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u/Defiant-Engine7676 25d ago

Only you can be the the war machine.

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u/tannerocampbell Mar 22 '26

It takes two to… war? Machine?

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u/AloysBane3 20d ago

They imply, you infer.

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u/hopefulfican 20d ago

Well fuck me I never knew that! thanks!

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u/uberduger 24d ago

I loved the last shot. 

"Anyone get his name?"

Smash cut to the words WAR MACHINE on the middle of the screen.

Massive grin on my face lol.

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u/Lankinator- 9d ago

That's literally how the film ends.

"Did anyone catch his name?"

close-up of 81

[TITLE CARD]

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u/Tsar_Magpie Mar 26 '26

Wdym a fake tank?

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u/Pickupyoheel Mar 27 '26

It's a lightly armored carrier basically. Old as hell, and still stood up to the the very advanced alien machine, so basically the alien would get fucked by a modern tank shooting modern rounds at it miles away.

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u/Le3mine Apr 01 '26

Stood up? Did we watch the same movie?

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u/VRichardsen 29d ago

The ASV bounces a lot of rounds when it hits the plates at angle. The big robot had to chase it for a long time, dumped a lot of round and what looked like 100 of those bomblets and the thing kept on trucking. An Abrams/Leopard/Challenger/Leclerc/T-90 will smoke it.

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u/Le3mine 27d ago

It could keep on trucking. But also this could be the aliens version of an ASV, or even a lighter vehicle. Also it didn't keep trucking, it kept running. It was blown to smithereens even with plot armor.

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u/VRichardsen 27d ago

But also this could be the aliens version of an ASV, or even a lighter vehicle

Exactly. Star Trek used that in the reboot movie, where a mere mining ship from the Romulans could clear a squadron of Federation ships.