War Machine (2026)

Directed by

Patrick Hughes

Genre

action film, science fiction film

Country

New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

R

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 2,082 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A staff sergeant leads a training exercise that turns deadly when an otherworldly killing machine appears. The soldiers must fight to survive against this unstoppable force.

intenseadrenaline-fueledgrittysuspensefulbrutalold-schoolformulaic

What happens

War Machine is a 2026 military science fiction action film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Patrick Hughes. It stars Alan Ritchson, Dennis Quaid, Stephan James, Jai Courtney, Esai Morales, Keiynan Lonsdale, and Daniel Webber, and follows a staff sergeant who encounters an otherworldly killing machine while on a grueling training exercise. The film was given a very limited theatrical release in Australia starting on February 12, 2026, before releasing on Netflix on March 6, 2026. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, praising it as a fun, old-school, throwback action movie despite its familiar, formulaic storyline. A sequel is in development. It is the 9th most watched Netflix film of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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