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

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

Jul 24, 2021

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Leah Greenblatt

Entertainment Weekly

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

Rated: B-

Jul 12, 2021

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

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

Rated: 3.5/4

Jul 9, 2021

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Michael Cook

Geek Vibes Nation

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.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 17, 2025

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Maxance Vincent

Film Speak

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

Rated: C+

Jul 13, 2025

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Francesca Steele

iNews.co.uk

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

Rated: 2/5

Dec 10, 2024

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Audience Member

The family aspects of this movie really hit home for me. My daughter is 12. Life is tough and it can distract us from the most important things that have always been right there in front of us. The things that make life really worth living. Our families.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/07/25

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Ryan N

I really enjoyed this movie. Chris Pratt is my new Harrison Ford actor. I loved the premise of the time travel and mixing it with aliens was great! Now these are the type of aliens ID4 should have used. I loved seeing Yvonne Strahovki. Big fan of hers since Chuck! The story wasn't perfect but still not bad. Sam Richardson was hilarious. I hope they do a sequel!!!! This one of the movies Amazon got right!!!!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/04/25

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Rod's R

Too many plot holes, with formulaic tropes, oh and spoiler alert, when the white spikes are destroyed in the present, the Future War never happens so the ending should be a cut back to the soccer game but this time no future soldiers appear and the movie ends with some heart warming family stuff.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/03/25

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Giovanni R

I love time travel. I like alien movies. I enjoy action. It's weird I couldn't enjoy more than 20 minutes in Total ot this movie. It's a mashup of Alien, Battlestar galactica, spaceship troopers and some horrible action movie with a comic twist... Like The core or Family Guy. The movie was predictable, boring and unrealistic. To make this story fit until the end the Total duration had to be 6 hours, but no one cared o they didn't have the money to fill the mysterious gaps between the scenes. Two hours of my life trashed like this.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/28/25

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Niconas L

Great action scenes and fun story and concept. Acting was pretty good as well. I enjoyed the movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/26/25

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RLGM I

My personally enjoyed the movie and the plot. Overall, it a fun movie from start to finish and has good replay value.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/25/25

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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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