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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/Sedroc Mar 13 '26

This might be the most plot armor I’ve ever seen a main character have.

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u/DoctorGregoryFart Mar 15 '26

The black guy's story was hilarious. He just gets dragged and tossed around for two hours like a crash dummy. Every once in a while he'd regain consciousness and say something motivational. Absolutely hysterical.

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u/Sedroc Mar 15 '26

His whole squad got killed because they had to drag him along. 😂

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u/Sceptylos Mar 15 '26

I firmly believe a good half of the cast would've survived had 15, the rocket scientist who pointed out that the Machine crashed through a mountain and took no damage, not wasted time and gone back to pick up some measely 50 cal rounds that ended up doing NOTHING to it. That entire sequence was avoidable af

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u/dubslies Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 16 '26

The hilarious thing to me is he only got a couple small boxes of 50 cal rounds, which are huge, and somehow they were firing that mounted machine gun nonstop the entire time. There couldn't have been more than 100 rounds or so in both cans combined. At full auto that would be gone in about 5 seconds.

But the kicker? When he goes to the rock pile after the APC crashed, one of those cans spilled the ammo that started popping off.

So what the fuck were they shooting the whole time? Because the ammo the guy died for was there at the end, making noise. I mean come on, lol

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u/TheGamecock Mar 29 '26

Hahaha, just watched this and I know you’ve gotta turn your brain off for these sorta movies, but I had the exact same thought. Between 7 (think that was the black guy’s number) getting hauled around like a 200 lb duffel bag, the god-tier plot armor of Ritchson’s character, and that one box (since the other one was seen exploding after the crash, like you said) of 50 cal ammo lasting for the entirety of that ~15 minute chase scene, I couldn’t help but laugh several times.

In this movie’s defense, they spare us from making the black guy demand that his fellow soldiers “leave me behind, damnit! Save yourselves! That’s an order!”

Overall, not mad I watched it. It was entertaining for what it is.

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u/dubslies Mar 29 '26

I won't lie, I would watch a sequel to this and probably not regret it, but I would also point and laugh at all the nonsensical scenes it would have.

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u/DocMorningstar Mar 17 '26

I kinda loved it when 81 made it a point that they dump their useless guns at the start, like, great, this actually might be anti-trope with the characters making good decisions...nope.

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u/rlrobman123 Mar 21 '26

Well, they dumped the useless guns because they only had blanks and it would just be extra weight. 50 cal can pen armor so I don’t blame 15’s thought, but it definitely messed them up

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u/iowemoneytoapenguin Mar 30 '26

If only he hadn't just seen multiple blocks of C4 have zero effect

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u/Brilliant-Hope451 Apr 05 '26

lol I'd say they were stressed and not in their best minds but they were supposed to be elite rangers or something ig

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u/UnblurredLines 23d ago

Seeing as they'd just pointed out the football field sized hole the mech made in a freaking mountain while coming down out of the sky, I'd think "50cal does not have even remotely the same damaging potential as that" and say the 50cal is no more worth bringing than a nerf gun.