Alex Garland’s Warfare Refuses To Soften the Blow of Combat

Night.  Quiet. Somewhere in the Middle East. Armed men in fatigues enter a structure on a residential street, flashing lights in the eyes of terrified residents.  When dawn breaks, they’re encamped on the top floor, having knocked through a concrete barrier to reach an upstairs apartment.  They wait. And wait. They send coded messages.  And […]