War of the Worlds

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War of the Worlds

2025

1h 29m

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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)

Aug 28

1/5

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Maurice S

@Tungdor77 12h

Solid sci-fi entertainment for in between This movie had been on my watchlist for a long time. Due to many negative reviews, I was skeptical and kept postponing it. When I finally watched it, I found it quite okay and entertaining. Instead of repeating the familiar formula, the film takes a more modern approach, touching on themes like technology, surveillance, and society’s dependence on them. This works reasonably well, although the heavy product placement and advertising are clearly noticeable and sometimes distracting. The visual effects are solid, and Ice Cube and Eva Longoria deliver decent performances that fit the film’s restrained tone. This is definitely not a masterpiece, but as a movie for in between, especially one that feels different from earlier versions, it works. I find the ratings too harsh — as long as you don’t go in with false expectations, it’s perfectly watchable. Final verdict: A movie for in between.

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Fishsticks_

@Fishsticks_ 4d

This movie is so bad that you'll either find it hilarious, or entirely unbearable. It's still crazy how little effort was put into it, it's not like amazon is lacking the resources lol.

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SlavbalticuralicUnion K

@Slavbaltic 6d

Can we just get a faithful adaptation with thunderchild actaually following the book and played in cinemas Instead this shit which feels like war of the discord

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David M

@DMinsterman 6d

I can't state strongly enough, how quantitatively bad this "movie" was, on every level.

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Jazmin C.

@luv_jazmin 6d

idek what the hell happened that was so dumb

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Keith N

Jan 31

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL NAAAW

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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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