In Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s film about an American platoon in Iraq, there is no admirably staged bloodshed or witty repartee. That’s the point.

He posed that question to former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza, who served in Iraq and had in recent years built a second career in ...

The film, based on director and retired Special Warfare Operator First Class Ray Mendoza's real-world experience in the Iraq War, is a gritty, real-time combat action between Navy SEALs and Iraqi ...