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War of the Worlds

2005 • 116 minutes
3.8
11 reviews
76%
Tomatometer
Eligible

About this movie

An ordinary man has to protect his children against alien invaders in this science fiction thriller, freely adapted from the classic story by H.G. Wells. Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) is a dockworker living in New Jersey, divorced from his first wife Mary Ann (Miranda Otto) and estranged from his two children Rachel and Robbie (Dakota Fanning and Justin Chatwin), of whom he has custody on weekends. On one such visitation, looking after the kids becomes a little more difficult when, after a series of strange lighting storms hit his neighborhood, Ray discovers that a fleet of death-ray robotic spaceships have emerged nearby, part of the first wave of an all-out alien invasion of the Earth. Transporting his children from New York to Boston in an attempt to find safety at Mary Ann's parents' house, Ray must learn to become the protector and provider he never was in marriage. Also starring Tim Robbins, War of the Worlds was directed by Steven Spielberg, who had been planning the project for years, but set it aside until a wave of "alien invasion" films (led by Independence Day) had run its course.

Ratings and reviews

3.8
11 reviews
Ryan G.
May 4, 2022
Spielberg really mucked this one up. Americans love stealing this British masterpiece & making it about them. Then they change time periods which also takes it's original anti colonialism message away. Any deep philosophical conversation with the curator in the basement is lost. All spectacle & void of HG Wells' vision.
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AngelKiller9193
July 8, 2020
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