War of the Worlds

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War of the Worlds

2025

1h 29m

Sci-Fi

Adventure

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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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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Audience Says

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)

The plot is ludicrous, the filmmaking sloppy, the performances disconnected. It’s a true desktop disaster.

Rated: 1/5

Aug 28, 2025

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CT Jones

Rolling Stone

Don't let the noise fool you. This corporation-coddling remake is so unparseable you'll actively wish it were worse -- or just over.

Aug 12, 2025

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Johnny Oleksinski

New York Post

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.

Rated: 0/4

Aug 11, 2025

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Clement Tyler Obropta

Film Inquiry

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.

Oct 8, 2025

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Justin Brown

Medium Popcorn

This was painful. It was boring, had terrible graphics and performances, and felt overlong despite being less than an hour and a half.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 10, 2025

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Brandon Collins

Medium Popcorn

There's so many tonal inconsistencies, Ice Cube's performance is offensively bad, and the plot fell apart after the first ten minutes. Also, the excessive product placement was ridiculous.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 10, 2025

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Ligma B.

This movie was so well written and the acting was moving. I cried at the end. 10/10 IF YOU HAVEN’T PLEASE WATCH THIS MOVIE.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/28/25

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Mr D

Hidden gem movie I can’t believe all of these conservatives with no media literacy hating on it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/27/25

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Anthony E

Bless, BLESS, the hearts of the vfx team of 10 who worked on this film. May good things come to them! But... really executives? Putting shitty aliens overtop footage of real people dying? Asking a vfx artist to create a 1-1 replica of a plain falling from the sky that caused the death of like 6 people? BRIBING A HOMELESS GUY WITH AMAZON? If I could i would have given this movie a 0 out of 5 stars. Also this is just plain disrespect to the WotW IP.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/26/25

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Ashton R

Changed my life ice cube is my savior a laughed cried and had a spiritual awakening all in time for credits

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/25/25

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Mark D

This is possibly the worst peice of garbage to pass for a movie I've ever seen. Amd I'm 46 years old and a huge sci fi fan. My God it's horrific in every conceivable way how it has 4 per cent is a mystery it shouldn't be rated atall its that bad

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/24/25

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Juliano M

This is so awful that I wish it was a real invasion to end it up asap

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/23/25

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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)

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