The Tomorrow War

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The Tomorrow War

PG-13

2021

2h 18m

Sci-Fi

Action

Adventure

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In The Tomorrow War, the world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrive from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years in the future mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. The only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians from the present to be transported to the future and join the fight. Among those recruited is high school teacher and family man Dan Forester (Chris Pratt). Determined to save the world for his young daughter, Dan teams up with a brilliant scientist (Yvonne Strahovski) and his estranged father (J.K. Simmons) in a desperate quest to rewrite the fate of the planet.

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Critics Consensus

Chris Pratt ably anchors this sci-fi adventure, even if The Tomorrow War may not linger in the memory much longer than today.

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Audience Says

It isn't the most surprising time-travel movie, but a satisfying story and plenty of entertaining action make The Tomorrow War well worth a watch.

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Roxana Hadadi

Polygon

07/24/2021

Narratively padded and visually overstuffed with CGI, The Tomorrow War plays out like Starship Troopers drained of Paul Verhoeven's subversive satire.

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Leah Greenblatt

Entertainment Weekly

07/12/2021

B-

It does, in its cheap-and-cheerful way, have fun.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

07/09/2021

3.5/4

"The Tomorrow War" is the surprise of the season, a stuffed-to-the-gills battle between evil aliens and terrified humans.

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Michael Cook

Geek Vibes Nation

Jul 17

3.5/5

A pretty average action film that’s buoyed by solid directing, an incredibly game cast, some cool sci-fi concepts, and a lot of excellent and well-paced action sequences.

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Maxance Vincent

Film Speak

Jul 13

C+

While ‘The Tomorrow War’ contains impeccably shot action sequences, its main story quickly fizzles out in underdeveloped territory.

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Francesca Steele

iNews.co.uk

12/10/2024

2/5

Chris Pratt stars as a modern-day soldier drafted in to fight a war against future aliens - with clunky, predictable consequences.

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David C

2d

The Tomorrow War es una película de ciencia ficción que combina acción y viajes en el tiempo. La historia es interesante y mantiene la atención con escenas intensas y buenos efectos especiales, sobre todo en las criaturas del futuro. La actuación de Chris Pratt es adecuada y ayuda a que la película sea entretenida.

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Garrett S

@GirthVader 5d

Tomorrow War was an interesting watch, and while it was two hours of my life I'll never get back, I could think of a lot worse ways to have spent it. A time-travel movie that makes an attempt at addressing tropes of the subject, it fails, like all others, to avoid the closed causality loop. I won't spoil it, but it is pretty glaring. The writers must've said "screw it" and just not even tried. That aside, what more can I say? I could argue that drones seem like an obvious answer, and the movie HAS them in it. I could point out that everyone is carrying a small-caliber assault rifle when they're obviously ineffective, while the .50 cal machine guns seem to do a solid job when used by anyone who isn't a background character. Nukes? But, at the end of the day, the story got told, and it was different enough to not feel stale, even if some of the acting was. Three and a half, that's what I'll give it.

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Daniel L

Jan 12

Love love love this movie. Hands down the best alien flick in recent memory. The story is great, the writing is great and the casting is great. Chris Pratt is awesome as always and really nails his role as an action hero.

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Hunter R

@HunterRiley Jan 10

Love love love! Exciting from start to finish with plenty of action and fun Sci-fi!

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Ry N

@RyGuy Jan 10

Time travelers come to enlist a science teacher for a war against aliens called Whitespikes 30 years in the future. The setup is lame but once the action starts it gets good.

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James S

@SwanDawg88 Jan 7

A timeless Sci-Fi classic! I can’t get enough of it.

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Synopsis

In The Tomorrow War, the world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrive from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years in the future mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. The only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians from the present to be transported to the future and join the fight. Among those recruited is high school teacher and family man Dan Forester (Chris Pratt). Determined to save the world for his young daughter, Dan teams up with a brilliant scientist (Yvonne Strahovski) and his estranged father (J.K. Simmons) in a desperate quest to rewrite the fate of the planet.

Director: Chris McKay
Producer: David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Jules Daly, David S. Goyer, Adam Kolbrenner
Screenwriter: Zach Dean
Production Co: Phantom Four Films, Paramount, Lit Entertainment Group, Skydance Media, New Republic Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sci-Fi Violence|Action|Language|Some Suggestive References)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 2, 2021
Runtime: 2h 18m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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