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War of the Worlds

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A computer security analyst working for the U.S. government finds his daily life disrupted by an alien attack. Accustomed to dealing with virtual threats, his struggle extends to secrets the government may be hiding.
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Critics Consensus

Stranding Ice Cube in an inept screensaver with wall-to-wall product placement, War of the Worlds will make audiences consider giving peace a chance instead.

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To some, War of the Worlds is a branded empty package; to others, it’s a sci-fi guilty pleasure treasure that proves the old adage right.

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Craig Mathieson The Age (Australia) Aug 28
1/5
The plot is ludicrous, the filmmaking sloppy, the performances disconnected. It’s a true desktop disaster. Go to Full Review
CT Jones Rolling Stone Aug 12
Don't let the noise fool you. This corporation-coddling remake is so unparseable you'll actively wish it were worse -- or just over. Go to Full Review
Johnny Oleksinski New York Post Aug 11
0/4
The screenplay by Kenny Golde and Marc Hyman gets overcomplicated because they’re desperately reaching for something to spice up Ice Cube staring at a computer at his desk. Go to Full Review
Chase Hutchinson The Inlander (Spokane, WA) Jan 8
Where other films built around screens like Searching and Missing were able to make what could be a bit of gimmick work, War of the Worlds is just a dull disaster from start to finish. Go to Full Review
Clement Tyler Obropta Film Inquiry Oct 8
War of the Worlds attempts to boldly adapt H.G. Wells’ sci-fi classic for the modern age, the way that your digestive system boldly adapts a five-course dinner into excrement. Go to Full Review
Justin Brown Medium Popcorn Sep 10
1/5
This was painful. It was boring, had terrible graphics and performances, and felt overlong despite being less than an hour and a half. Go to Full Review
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Matthew P @RT93951352 4h The worst movie I've ever watched, but somehow one of the funniest comedies I've seen, purely because of the terrible acting. I actually recommend this movie as a palate cleanser after watching a genuinely bad film. It's so spectacularly awful that it loops back around to being entertaining. See more Angelica C @RT24127087 Jul 1 One of those so bad its good movies. At least if you watch it at 1am and have the habit of criticizing illogical things and laughing at them. See more Emma H. T @RT31713332 Jun 27 I find myself in a perpetual state of existential bewilderment over the fact that i just wasted 90 minutes of my life watching this film, 90 minutes that I’ll be begging to have back once I’m on my deathbed. This film is enough to make you feel like you’ve taken every drug. I’m truly shocked that the producers haven’t scrubbed this movie from the entirety of cyberspace as we know it. I also discovered that this was created during quarantine and somehow it still managed to see the light of day 5 years later. If I was an actor in this movie I would have paid every penny I have to my name to ensure that this garbage never left the hard drive. This is essentially just a marketing vehicle for Amazon Prime. However, I will give Amazon Prime a micro-grain of praise for providing me with the only sense of satisfaction Ive experienced in this ordeal: the ad breaks they gifted me with so I could try to perform emergency maintenance to my frontal lobe. Please, do not watch this. See more Jackson R @biohaZard1324 Jun 21 I genuinely mean this, this is the WORST movie I have ever seen in my 24 years of life, and I watched countless other "bad movies" and this one makes those look like MASTERPIECES. The fact that they spliced in REAL WAR and natural disaster footage and put the horrible looking tripods in the footage is truly awful. Save yourself and your soul, do not watch this movie. See more Gn D @GNGNGN Jun 15 Man, was this filmed in a COVID era setting? Ice Cube just hollering all of these wild expressions behind the screen? The characters just...pretending to see screens... Acting with heavy plot holes, bizarre CGI sigh, it's like they ripped apart the alien robot designs from a "certain" movie See more Dillon D. @Zilliyn Jun 8 Do you want to watch ice cube sitting down in front of a computer screen for a hour and 30 minutes See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A computer security analyst working for the U.S. government finds his daily life disrupted by an alien attack. Accustomed to dealing with virtual threats, his struggle extends to secrets the government may be hiding.
Director
Rich Lee
Producer
Patrick Aiello, Timur Bekmambetov
Screenwriter
Kenny Golde, Marc Hyman, H.G. Wells, Kenny Golde, Marc Hyman
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Bazelevs, Patrick Aiello Productions
Genre
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 30, 2025
Runtime
1h 29m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)