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Black Mirror
Men Against Fire
Directed by
Jakob Verbruggen
TV-MA
S3 • E5
Oct 20, 2016
61m
7.5
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After his first battle with an elusive enemy, a soldier begins experiencing unfamiliar sensations and strange technical glitches.
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Cast of Men Against Fire
Malachi Kirby
Stripe
Madeline Brewer
Raiman
Ariane Labed
Catarina
Sarah Snook
Medina
Michael Kelly
Arquette
Kola Bokinni
Lennard
Francis Magee
Parn Heidekker
Aruhan Galieva
Village Mother
Simon Connolly
Doctor
Dean Ashton
Guard Bradley
Kavé Niku
Villager
Thomas Thoroe
Villager #2
Loreece Harrison
Dream Girl
Toby Oliver
Boy Roach
Michael Birch
Roach
Nick Gillard
Roach
Luke Gomes
Roach
Edward Upcott
Roach
Jakob Verbruggen
Director
Charlie Brooker
Writer
Lucy Dyke
Producer
Men Against Fire Ratings & Reviews
Tyler S
May 17, 2025
👍👍 8/10
CinemaBlend
Gina Carbone
This episode delves deep into the dangers of conformity and indoctrination -- demonizing The Other in a way that has obvious parallels to the Nazis and the Jews, but can more broadly apply to any group your side dislikes.
Slashfilm
Jacob Hall
"Men Against Fire" is easier to appreciate than it is to actually like, mainly because it has so much on its mind and wants to tackle subjects that need to be tackled.
Collider
Aubrey Page
It's so strongly hedged in heavy-handed messaging and, frankly, hammy acting that anything worthwhile gets lost in some awfully melodramatic clutter.
Hollywood Reporter
Jackie Strause
The relevant episode takes on modern warfare, with a Black Mirror-like test of morality, but the ending still leaves much to be desired.
The Young Folks
Gary Shannon
Men Against Fire is a meandering bore, not even able to proffer the visual flare making even the most mediocre Black Mirror episode an aesthetic accomplishment.
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
Charles Mudede
"Men Against Fire" Is the best episode in Black Mirror's third season.
The Verge
Andrew Liptak
It's an intriguing premise undermined by somewhat sloppy execution.
Paste Magazine
Roxanne Sancto
Once you recognize the direction it's headed in, however, the impact of the story might make you want to discard the news forever, because you've realized once again you're not just watching a show. You're already living it.
El Pais (Spain)
Eneko Ruiz Jimenez
"Men Against Fire" tries to be a grand episode of Black Mirror, almost a super production, but it fails in an underwhelming turn. [Full Review in Spanish]
The Mary Sue
Charline Jao
This is a pretty straight-forward episode and a highly relevant exploration of modern warfare. It's also by far the bloodiest, so brace yourselves.
Uproxx
Alan Sepinwall
The overall impact is too muted by the structure to really convey the horror that Stripe is experiencing.
Collider
Adam Chitwood
Men Against Fire, a military-themed episode set in the future that... tips its hand way too early and is heavy-handed with its social commentary.
The Atlantic
Sophie Gilbert
Men Against Fire is one of the better episodes of the series, I think, because it actually featured a sharp twist with a message, and one that wasn't as obvious as the show's usual sermons (technology: bad, mob mentality: bad, brain implants: v. v. bad).
Nerdist
Matthew Hart
Men Against Fire delves into the military Black Mirror style, and if that sounds like a combination of all kinds of frightening, you, dear reader, are right on the mark.
Vox
Alissa Wilkinson
Men Against Fire -- while it lacks some of the tension and terror of other episodes -- ends in a profoundly chilling place that has nothing to do with our future and everything to do with our past.
Daily Telegraph (UK)
Tristram Fane Saunders
The message of Men Against Fire is one of compassion... it's a message that's more important now than ever. Brooker may bludgeon us over the head with it, but maybe our heads were in need of some bludgeoning.
Digital Spy
Alex Mullane
Men Against Fire isn't likely to be an episode that blows people away, but it's quietly effective.
Entertainment Weekly
Christian Holub
Some Black Mirror episodes are filled to the brim with new ideas and crazy sci-fi concepts. Men Against Fire, by contrast, is more like a classic episode of The Twilight Zone in that it has one central idea -- but a very thought-provoking one at that.
AV Club
Zack Handlen
What makes an episode like Men Against Fire work is that it tells its story patiently but without dragging, and it offers just enough surprise and insight to make something familiar worth revisiting.
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