SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for War Machine. If you have not yet watched the film, proceed at your own risk!
When director Patrick Hughes’ War Machine kicks it into gear, things get hardcore. The film is a showcase for the action star charisma of lead Alan Ritchson as he does battle with a heavily armed extraterrestrial robot, and there is tension and gore aplenty. As cool as all that is, however, the Netflix blockbuster doesn’t get to that point until after it slyly camouflages itself as a grounded military drama, and it’s the authenticity of that material which convinced Esai Morales that he wanted to be a part of the production.
