War Machine is a sci-fi action flick staring Alan Ritchson (of "Reacher" fame) starring as an Army grunt going through Ranger selection in order to keep a promise to his brother who was killed in a Taliban attack in Afghanistan. Although there is some background drama regarding Ritchson's character and his inner demons, the film fairly quickly moves to its core premise: Ritchson's unit being attacked by an alien battle robot while on their final field drill/test before becoming rangers.
If I were to give a short description of the film, it would be that it is a cross between the table-top miniatures game Battle-Tech (at least the version I played in high school back in the 1980s which was as much about managing your Mech's resources as shooting weapons at the enemy) and the original Predator movie. While I don't believe it is as good as the original Predator, it was an enjoyable action film hearkening back to the action films of the 1980s and '90s. It is currently streaming on Netflix.
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