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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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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) The plot is ludicrous, the filmmaking sloppy, the performances disconnected. It’s a true desktop disaster. Rated: 1/5 Aug 28, 2025 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Leandro Ariel Porcelli Cinéfilo Serial An absolutely inept family thriller. Balances pure lazyness and enough unwanted humor to make both a terrible and thoroughly enjoyable experience for the right audience, with a sponsored climax that's already a highlight of 2025. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3/10 Sep 1, 2025 Full Review Tony Baker Tony Baker Comedy I'll give it one because I was never bored... I was just like, this sucks. Rated: 1/5 Aug 27, 2025 Full Review Doug Walker Channel Awesome You're not gonna hear any different from me, this was awful. Rated: 1 / 4 Aug 26, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Yasmine K ice cube is not credible as a tech genius : slow talking , monotone phrase pace ....he just was not the best pick for the role. all his acting and delivery were slow . the whole movie was difficult to watch. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/09/25 Full Review ARNEZ C With cube reading lines from the script and him making faces at a green screen this was actually pretty funny I laughed so much at this this is not war of the worlds those aliens look like trash but come on it's a plan-demic movie I don't blame cube for an easy payday. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/09/25 Full Review Nick M Utter chaotic nonsense. I wish just once that Hollywood would make a fim based on the original story by HG Wells. I am sick of the modern Americanised (No offence) remakes. The whole point of it being set in Victorian England was because the Martians were so massively superior in technology. So far we have 4 American remakes if you include Independence Day, the only person who ever stayed faithful was Jeff Wayne. The Tom Cruise one was close. If they didn't use the title "War of the Worlds" then this rubbish wouldn't be so irritating. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/09/25 Full Review Thomas M I'm going to take the flak right in the neck and say that after persevering with the beginning I found the movie getting better. When you consider that it was made during COVID then you've got to give it a bit of slack. I liked the twist to the original H G Wells story and the two other movies based on it. Rock on Ice Cube. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/08/25 Full Review Alpha H After loosing $400k to binary crypto investment scam. I thought I’d never recover my money back, until i met a testimony of Mrs Mariah online talking about MATTs RECOVERY who helped her recover her funds back. I decided to give it a try and contacted them on MATTDUNHAM928 @ Gmaℹ️l .com/ luckily for me as i speak to you all, my funds has been recovered and was delivered to me within 24 hours. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/08/25 Full Review Dennis K Up there at the very top of the worst films I have ever seen. It feels like it was written by a 14 year old after far too many packets of Skittles washed down with Mountain Dew. I can’t accept that by labelling it Science Fiction, you can completely disregard any sense of time line or plot maturity. Let’s all hope that should the earth be invaded, it’s all over as quickly as this film eludes to. Hopefully I will have slept through it. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/08/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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